As part of Record Store Day's "Back to Black" Friday on November 25, 2011, The Black Keys will release a limited-edition vinyl 12-inch of their new single, "Lonely Boy," to participating indie music retailers. Both the lead track and the B-side, "Run Right Back," are featured on the band's forthcoming album, El Camino, which hits stores on December 6.
As part of Record Store Day's "Back to Black" Friday on November 25, 2011, The Black Keys will release a limited-edition vinyl 12-inch of their new single, "Lonely Boy" (pictured at left), to participating indie music retailers. Both the lead track and the B-side, "Run Right Back," are featured on the band's forthcoming album, El Camino, which hits stores on December 6. Album pre-orders, available now in the Nonesuch Store, include a download of "Lonely Boy," which will be delivered on October 26.
Rolling Stone, which revealed the Record Store Day 12-inch cover art earlier today, spoke with the band's creative director, Michael Carney, about his design for the record sleeve. "I went to take a picture of the building that the [band's 2004] album Rubber Factory was recorded in, and this is what was there—a giant pile of bricks and a bulldozer," Carney says. "The back cover is a pile of discarded tires behind an abandoned shopping mall."
Read more at rollingstone.com.
For more information on Record Store Day and to find a participating store near you, go to recordstoreday.com.
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