White Stripes - Icky Thump [Import] Image updated 07/25/2025 Tesfaye anonymously uploaded several songs

Tesfaye anonymously uploaded several songs to YouTube under the name The Weeknd

a fact that's most evident in Mike's musical eulogy to No Use For A Name's frontman Tony Sly ("I'm So Sorry Tony") as well the apocalyptic closer "Generation Z" which features guest vocals from Mike's 11-year-old daughter Darla

but also signposts a new musical direction and a new creative era for the band

soon after the 1983 album The Final Cut

White Stripes - Icky Thump [Import] Image updated 07/25/2025 Tesfaye anonymously uploaded several songsDouble vinyl LP pressing. With it's title an Americanization of the Northern British phrase "ecky thump" and it's cover featuring Jack and Meg bedecked as a Pearly King and Queen, Icky Thump is a centered, powerful statement as the final studio album from the duo. Recorded in the lush environs of Nashville's Blackbird Studios, the trumpet, bagpipes and 1940's synthesizer all feel appropriate here, driving home the idea that The White Stripes were