[📷 : WikiCommons (Music54/Y2kcrazyjoker4)
It’s been five years since we heard from The Black Keys, but their latest album Let’s Rock will drop tonight at midnight. One hour before then (11PM CST), you can listen to it for yourself on our airwaves (101.1fm in Chicago and streaming below) — another edition of our album preview series called “Uninterrupted Disruption.”
Some things to know:
- The album was recorded the old fashioned way — live — at Dan Auerbach’s Nashville studios and is a “homage to electric guitar”, according to the Patrick Carney.
- The appearance of an electric chair on the album artwork is not by accident. The album title Let’s Rock comes from the last words spoken by an inmate in Tennessee before he became the first since 2007 to die by electrocution. How’s that for a light and carefree fact about music? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Why so long between albums? Why did Patrick and Dan take so much time off when they, admittedly, could have headlined any number of festivals or venues? They dismissed rumors that they had a falling out with CBS This Morning:
Here are some of the reviews that are rolling in on the new album:
Let’s Rock: The Black Keys have returned with an early stream of their first full-length in five years. https://t.co/kwtpQ3JLLP #TheBlackKeys #LetsRock pic.twitter.com/lAL90YpFEI
— Consequence of Sound (@consequence) June 27, 2019
Let’s Rock by The Black Keys is a fiendishly catchy record that can scarcely stand still – review https://t.co/vZBMyzktUV
— The Independent (@Independent) June 27, 2019
The Black Keys are “rockers with a thing for sturdy songs and primal riffs, and that’s exactly what ‘Let’s Rock’ delivers.” My take on their new album, for @PasteMagazine.https://t.co/dk4sEPUqqC
— Eric R. Danton (@erdanton) June 26, 2019
Beloved blues rock kings The Black Keys return, after five years away, with ‘Let’s Rock’, a record whose spontaneous energy can’t mask its undercooked sound and lack of impact – read the ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ NME review https://t.co/AeJ1JiqDiB pic.twitter.com/lBIRAL1Njo
— NME (@NME) June 26, 2019
