This chunk of trademark Keys’ fuzzed-up raspy blues would see them rockin’ firmly within their comfort zone – if it weren’t for the fact that singer Dan Auerbach sounds like he’s consumed too much absinthe, gatecrashed a séance and is inadvertently channeling Bono. Strange times indeed. Oh, great, stomping drums,too.
Track Listing:-
1 Strange Times2 Something On Your Mind
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Interview (2008) |
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| Akron-based duo the Black Keys have been attracting much acclaim for their garage blues rock. Sarah Mwangi speaks to singer and guitarist Dan Auerbach about their just released fifth album, 'Attack & Release', which has found them recording in a studio for the first time |
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Shepherds Bush Empire, 27/2/2007 |
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| At the Shepherds Bush Empire in London, new writer Sarah Mwangi finds much of American blues duo the Black Keys' passion stolen by their insistent touring schedule |
| Scala, London, 23/5/2006 |
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Attack and Release (2008) |
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| Experimental fifth album from Akron-based garage rock duo Black Keys which fnds them working with synthesisers, banjos and an organ and a producer, Gnarls Barkley's Danger Mouse, all for the first time to mixed results |
| Chulahoma (2006) |
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