I got into the music of Blues Rock duo The Black Keys via their Danger Mouse-produced album Attack & release. I also loved their Hip Hop collaborative venture Blakroc. This time around, Danger Mouse produced just one track, the groovy organ-sprinkled tempo-shifting “Tighten up.” Everything else was produced by the pair.
I love the sonic diversity among the songs, from the fuzzy falsetto-sung “Everlasting Light”, the funky Blues “Next Girl” (very White Stripes), the psychedelic pair of “She’s long gone” and falsetto-sung “The only one”, the quivering guitar instrumental “Black mud”, the absolutely beautiful harpsichord ballad “Too afraid to love you”, the simmering ballad “I’m not the one”, and the Sixties Soul-channeling pair of “Unknown brother” and “Never give you up” (the latter a Jerry Butler cover).
What an absolutely fabulous album this is. To those that think there is hardly any good music being made these days, you just need to switch off from top 40 radio and TV and discover gems like this.
Download: “Tighten Up” “Next Girl” “Everlasting Light”
