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Artist - The Black Keys
Album - Brothers
Year of Release -2010
Record Label - Nonesuch Records
Genre - Blues Rock R&B
I'm a long way from becoming an audiophile that's for sure, but everyone here is always super friendly, so I thought I'd give something back the way I know how. Enjoy.
To date, ‘Brothers,’ the sixth album from the Akron, Ohio boys Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach, is the most commercially successful TBK album yet. This may be accounted for by the group’s transition from the pistol-whippin’ blues style of R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough to a more manicured popularised R&B groove.
The blues-rock experts break the mould of what must be their most soulful and musically mature album yet. The guitar tones are swollen with rich vintage effects, whilst the drums ease off the pedal and supply a flawless display of rhythmical brilliance. Auerbach’s vocals, now tailored to a softer sound, have become technically supreme rising to the heights of ‘Too Afraid to Love You’ and ‘Unknown Brother.’ ‘Everlasting Light’ even sees Dan going falsetto and pulling it off superbly.
In recent years, Dan has unleashed his hidden talent of producing on the likes of Radio Moscow, The Main Street Gospel, Hacienda and Jessica Mayfield, along with TBK-rap venture Blakroc. Before their fifth album, ‘Attack & Release,’ produced by Danger Mouse, Dan and Pat had only ever self-produced and not even stepped in a studio. However this was predominately down to little production work being needed to keep the raw, unadulterated sound that put them on the blues-rock map.
Since ‘Attack & Release’ in 2008 the guys have started experimenting heavily on the keys, synth and bass. It is an obvious progression therefore, with maturity of the group, to head to influences that demand a well-groomed, filled-out and produced aesthetic. But don’t think for a second that they’ve sold out; The Black Keys will always remain the authentic conglomerate of their roots, and as with ‘Brothers,’ turn all that they touch to gold.
Aside from ‘Tighten Up,’ the record’s lone single produced by ex-comrade Danger Mouse, The Black Keys take the reigns on an otherwise self-produced album. This leads me to believe that the raw and pure blues roots days are gone, but with tempered blues-oriented tracks like ‘Next Girl’ and ‘Ten Cent Pistol,’ and not a single dud track through all 56 minutes of recording, why would anyone care?
http://forgettheboozeroony.tumblr.com/
Album - Brothers
Year of Release -2010
Record Label - Nonesuch Records
Genre - Blues Rock R&B
I'm a long way from becoming an audiophile that's for sure, but everyone here is always super friendly, so I thought I'd give something back the way I know how. Enjoy.
To date, ‘Brothers,’ the sixth album from the Akron, Ohio boys Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach, is the most commercially successful TBK album yet. This may be accounted for by the group’s transition from the pistol-whippin’ blues style of R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough to a more manicured popularised R&B groove.
The blues-rock experts break the mould of what must be their most soulful and musically mature album yet. The guitar tones are swollen with rich vintage effects, whilst the drums ease off the pedal and supply a flawless display of rhythmical brilliance. Auerbach’s vocals, now tailored to a softer sound, have become technically supreme rising to the heights of ‘Too Afraid to Love You’ and ‘Unknown Brother.’ ‘Everlasting Light’ even sees Dan going falsetto and pulling it off superbly.
In recent years, Dan has unleashed his hidden talent of producing on the likes of Radio Moscow, The Main Street Gospel, Hacienda and Jessica Mayfield, along with TBK-rap venture Blakroc. Before their fifth album, ‘Attack & Release,’ produced by Danger Mouse, Dan and Pat had only ever self-produced and not even stepped in a studio. However this was predominately down to little production work being needed to keep the raw, unadulterated sound that put them on the blues-rock map.
Since ‘Attack & Release’ in 2008 the guys have started experimenting heavily on the keys, synth and bass. It is an obvious progression therefore, with maturity of the group, to head to influences that demand a well-groomed, filled-out and produced aesthetic. But don’t think for a second that they’ve sold out; The Black Keys will always remain the authentic conglomerate of their roots, and as with ‘Brothers,’ turn all that they touch to gold.
Aside from ‘Tighten Up,’ the record’s lone single produced by ex-comrade Danger Mouse, The Black Keys take the reigns on an otherwise self-produced album. This leads me to believe that the raw and pure blues roots days are gone, but with tempered blues-oriented tracks like ‘Next Girl’ and ‘Ten Cent Pistol,’ and not a single dud track through all 56 minutes of recording, why would anyone care?
http://forgettheboozeroony.tumblr.com/
