The Black Keys "Strange Times" free treaming audio
Posted on March 2, 2008
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The Black Keys "Strange Times" free treaming audio
ALBUM PRODUCED BY DANGER MOUSE
"…rock of this caliber is really timeless."–Rolling Stone</center>
On April 1, Nonesuch Records will release The Black Keys’ fifth
full-length LP, Attack & Release. The album follows their 2006 critically
acclaimed Nonesuch debut Magic Potion, which the Chicago Tribune
proclaimed, "a gritty, wild, minimalist masterpiece."
Produced by Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley, The Gorillaz, The Grey Album),
Attack & Release was recorded at engineer Paul Hamann’s illustrious Suma
Studio outside Cleveland, Ohio. Initial collaboration began when Danger
Mouse (a.k.a. Brian Burton) approached the band to write songs for an
album he was developing with the late R&B legend Ike Turner. As the band
began composing tracks for Turner early last year, though, they quickly
realized they were actually laying the groundwork for a new album of their
own.
Attack & Release thus became The Black Keys’ first collaborative effort,
as it morphed into their own album with Danger Mouse as producer. By
recording in an actual studio (another first), guitarist-vocalist Dan
Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney were given the opportunity to add a
variety of instruments to their usual simple set-up–including organ,
moog, and banjo. "After recording our previous albums in a basement, we
were ready to go somewhere else," Auerbach confesses. "Danger Mouse came
in as our collaborator. He has a real ear for melody and arrangement and
that was a big part of this record, as was the studio…a really special
place."
Carney concurs: "The place is covered with dust, it smells like a moldy
cabin, and it looks like a haunted house. It was fitting for our first
time going into a real studio." He continues, "I think Dan and I were
intrigued to work with somebody as a producer, and with an engineer like
Paul, because we both realized we couldn’t teach ourselves anything more
and it was best to start learning from other people."
Besides Auerbach, Carney, and Danger Mouse’s work, other contributions on
Attack & Release include guitarist Marc Ribot and multi-instrumentalist
Ralph Carney (Patrick’s uncle)–both veterans of, among other things, Tom
Waits’ band. The closing track, "Things Ain’t Like They Used To Be,"
features Auerbach singing along side eighteen-year-old
bluegrass/country-singer Jessica Lea Mayfield.
The Black Keys have released four albums prior to Attack & Release–2002’s
The Big Come Up, 2003’s Thickfreakness, 2004’s Rubber Factory, and 2006’s
Magic Potion.
US TOUR DATES:
3/27 Thu Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
3/28 Fri Phoenix, AZ Marquee Theatre
3/29 Sat San Diego, CA House of Blues
3/30 Sun Pomona, CA Glass House
4/1 Tue Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
4/2 Wed San Francisco, CA The Warfield
4/4 Fri Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
4/5 Sat Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
4/9 Wed Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
4/10 Thu Omaha, NE Slowdown
4/11 Fri Minneapolis, MN First Ave
4/12 Sat Chicago, IL The Riviera
4/13 Sun Indianapolis, IN The Vogue
4/15 Tue Detroit, MI Royal Oak Theatre
5/12 Mon Washington, DC 9:30 Club
5/13 Tue Washington, DC 9:30 Club
5/15 Thu New York, NY Terminal 5
5/16 Fri Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts
5/17 Sat Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
official website: http://www.theblackkeys.com
To hear "Strange Times", the first single:
http://www.myspace.com/theblackkeys
"Stranger Times" teaser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs9acZyX9Og
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