[via NME] Everyone’s favorite new supergroup the Dead Weather recently announced that their sophomore album, Sea of Cowards, will be released on May 7th through head honcho Jack White’s label Third Man. Contrary to his previous comments stating that the first single would be “Blue Blood Blues,” the disc’s lead single is called “Die By The Drop,” which will be released on March 23rd.

White, the brilliant Alison Mosshart, and the group’s nameless other two members (just kidding guys) — guitarist Dean Fertita and bassist Jack Lawrence — are currently on the road, set to criss-cross the country until the end of April.

Information on a Jack White/Jay-Z collaboration after the jump.

In particularly peculiar news, Jack White told GQ Magazine that he recently polished off a collaboration with part-time rapper/full-time rich guy Jay-Z.

“I just did a record with Jay-Z,” said White. “We did a song together a few weeks ago. It was incredible. I played him something that I’ve been kicking around for a while and he immediately came out with words for it. It’s unbelievable-sounding.”

While nobody’s sure when the track will see the light of day, we can all sleep easy knowing that at some point in the future we will get the privilege of hearing a 40 year-old rap about his Gucci slippers over a non-descript blues riff. In the immortal words of Stimpy, I can hardly contain myself.