Jack White’s The Raconteurs have returned from a decade-long drought of fresh tunes to release two brand new tracks.

Back in 2005, Jack White, Brendan Benson, Patrick Keeler, and Jack Lawrence got together to form The Raconteurs. Delivering a breed of indie/garage rock that wasn’t exactly unknown to White’s fans, the group soon found themselves pumping out the hits.

Notably, the group also ran into a bit of trouble here in Australia, when they discovered a band from Queensland was already using their name . After unsuccessfully trying to offer the Queenslanders some money for the moniker, they relented, choosing instead to release their work as The Saboteurs in Australia.

Kicking things off with their 2006 debut Broken Boy Soldiers, The Raconteurs followed it up with Consolers Of The Lonely in 2008. Since then, things have been quiet, with the band taking an extended break since 2011. Now, fans have received their first taste of new music in over a decade.

After teasing the release of new tracks earlier this week, today saw The Raconteurs unleash ‘Sunday Driver’ and ‘Now That You’ve Gone’, two vastly-different, yet still definitive Raconteurs-esque songs.

These new tunes are set to appear on a rather special tenth anniversary edition of Consolers Of The Lonely.

Expected to be released in 2019, this reissue will be delivered on “copper foil” coloured vinyl, with reimagined artwork, and a bonus 7″ record, which contains these new tracks.

Even more exciting though is the fact that these new songs are just a taste of things to come, with Jack White’s Third Man Records revealing that they were recorded during “recent sessions that will ultimately result in a new Raconteurs album in 2019”.

There’s no word yet as to when we might be hearing this new record, but knowing how Jack White accepts nothing but the best, you can be sure it’s already on track to be one of 2019’s biggest releases.

Check out The Raconteurs’ ‘Sunday Driver’ and ‘Now That You’ve Gone’: