THE BLACK KEYS release their sixth full-length album, entitled "Brothers", on 17th May on V2 / Cooperative Music. Recorded at Alabama’s legendary Muscle Shoals Sound with additional sessions at Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound System in Akron and the Bunker in Brooklyn, the album sees production duties handled by THE BLACK KEYS, along with shared duties between the band, Mark Neill, and their old friend DANGER MOUSE, who lends his skills to a new track. Tchad Blake brings his sonic excellence into the fold to handle mixing duties.
Carney admits "Brothers" is the album they've always wanted to make and taps into their creative force as a duo. "Dan and I grew up a lot as individuals and musicians prior to making this album. Our relationship was tested in many ways but at the end of the day, we're brothers, and I think these songs reflect that." The ghosts of Muscle Shoals inhabit the fifteen tracks on "Brothers". Of the album, Auerbach says, "We like spooky sounds... like Alice Coltrane, where a dark groove is laid down. That's the headspace we tried to get into for this record." The album includes the DANGER MOUSE-produced song "Tighten Up" and a cover of the JERRY BUTLER classic "Never Gonna Give You Up."
It's been an remarkable couple of years for THE BLACK KEYS... Their last album, 2008's "Attack & Release", was by far their most successful to date, and the year culminated with them playing a sell-out show at Brixton Academy in London. Early '09 saw BLACK KEY's singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach venture out on his own with a critically-acclaimed solo album, "Keep It Hid", that covered a variety of musical styles from psychedelia and soul via gospel and bluegrass. Late 2009 saw the Keys spread their wings further with their celebrated Blakroc project, an exhilarating collaboration between themselves and a star-studded line-up of influential hip-hop artists that included MOD DEF, Q-TIP, RZA, RAEKWON, ODB, PHAROAHE MONCH, NOE, JIM JONES, NICOLE WRAY and BILLY DANZE (M.O.P.).
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Press for "Attack & Release":
"Attack and Release isn’t just the best Black Keys album thus far. Its the best authentic trad-rock album in years." Observer Music Monthly - 5 Stars *****
"Gorgeous blue eyed soul and garage blues… The Black Keys are on the cusp of greatness… a bone fide classic.", Uncut - 4 Stars ****
"The best album of their career so far… The signature raw blues sound is still there, but now it’s spiced up with classic R&B, garage, country and even electronic flavours too, all rich with melody and driving power", MOJO - 4 Stars ****
"Their most impressive set yet… Songs as good as the gently insistent Psychotic Girl and the thumping garage-punk of Remember When make for that rarity – a genuinely unpredictable blues album.", The Times - 4 Stars ****
"The band’s signature thick, furious riffs and whiskey-soaked vocal remain prominent, but accompanied here by expansive choruses, full of Danger Mouse’s trademark eerie gospel swells.", Time Out - 5 Stars *****
"Their best-ever album… you’ll love it", Sunday Telegraph 4 Stars ****
"The Keys conjure enough heat to scorch a bar at 40 paces… Spooked banjo ballads, smouldering soul and a stray flute add surprise colours: the mighty Mouse has motivated their meatiest, richest album yet", The Independent (Information) - 4 Stars ****
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