|
|
|
|
| |
The Black Keys - Attack & Release
| Nowtoronto | When Jack White hears this amazing Danger Mouse-produced recording by the Black Keys, he’ll thank his lucky stars he’s got the Raconteurs to fall back on, because Attack & Release has just rendered the White Stripes completely irrelevant.
Any concerns that the Gnarls Barkley braintrust might adversely affect the riotously raw blues-rock sound cultivated by the Akron duo of Daniel Auerbach and Patrick Carney are unfounded. The gutbucket grittiness is still there, but the Black Keys are working with a much more evolved sense of song structure, dynamics, time, tension and texture, which enables them to update classic R&B and blues in creative ways while maintaining the essential Black Keys thrust....full text |
| | Guardian | | When any alternative band works with a fashionable producer, there's always a danger that they'll be overshadowed by the man behind the mixing desk. But Brian Burton, aka Danger Mouse, is not your usual fashionable producer. While the Pharrells of this world strive to make every artist they work with sound like them, Burton has shown, on his work with Gorillaz, Gnarls Barkley and Brit popsters the Shortwave Set, that he's far more interested in bringing the best out of the artist....full text |
| | Popmatters | | After four very enjoyable albums that had the same nasty ambience, the Black Keys (Dan Auerbach on guitar and vocals, Patrick Carney on drums) decided it was time to alter their modus operandi. They still wanted to retain that “blues-garage-rock” sound, but wanted to throw in a few curveballs that would strengthen their repertoire as more than just pitching high, hard heat. (Sorry for the baseball parlance, but the season is upon us.) And they have the late Ike Turner to thank for what became their latest release, Attack & Release....full text |
|
The Black Keys lyrics |
|