With now just a week to go before the release of The Black Keys' Attack & Release, the Guardian takes a look at this "remarkable new album" and the band's Akron roots, saying: "Musically, the album is a huge step forward. Everything from flute to glockenspiel has been added to the guitar-and-drums set-up, and the sound has shades of R&B pioneers Booker T and the MGs, as well as the Beatles at their most psychedelic. At the same time, it still sounds like the product of two young misfits from suburban Ohio."
With now just a week to go before the release of Attack & Release, The Black Keys' Danger Mouse-produced new record, The Guardian (UK)'s Will Hodgkinson takes a look at this "remarkable new album" and the band's Akron roots. Hodgkinson sums it up this way:
Musically, the album is a huge step forward. Everything from flute to glockenspiel has been added to the guitar-and-drums set-up, and the sound has shades of R&B pioneers Booker T and the MGs, as well as the Beatles at their most psychedelic. At the same time, it still sounds like the product of two young misfits from suburban Ohio.
To read the article, visit music.guardian.co.uk. For more on the band's hometown, see yesterday's Nonesuch Journal article with a Wall Street Journal video tour of Akron with the band.
