The Black Keys - 'Brothers'

On May 18th 2010, The Black Keys released their 8th album, 'Brothers', the blues-rock band are duo Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney. I have been listening to BBC Radio 6 a lot these past few days, and one song on the play list that has impressed me the most is The Black Keys 'Tighten Up' off of this new album. The music stood out from the crowd and Auerbach's vocals simply uplifted me, this song comes as track 3 on the new LP. The album has 15 tracks on it, all of which keep to a similar style, but The Black Keys manage to keep their signature style but can change the atmosphere from song to song, track 7, The Only One, is the first song that showed me, drummer and producer Patrick Carney's skills of placing a song in the right place, using this song halfway through the LP leaves the listener in awe to reflect on the past dozen songs to some peaceful blues-rock. The last two songs, 'Never Give You Up' and 'These Days', give the same feeling but due to their order they give an atmosphere of an aftermath, these are the come down songs, the reflection of the journey, these are the songs you will play on the morning after a good party where you think about the events that had transpired. To pick 3 songs to check out, 'Tighten Up', 'She's Long Gone' and 'Ten Cent Pistol'. These 3 aforementioned songs have been picked for different reasons, 'Tighten Up' because of all the songs on the album this is the best taster you will get, another clever trick by the duo choosing it as their new single. 'She's Long Gone' is a song that represents heartache to me, so I have developed a personal connection to this, however you may perceive it differently, it is still a blinder of a song that you should check out. Also 'Ten Cent Pistol' because it has a slightly different feel to the rest of the album, I detect a  Ska influence when creating this song, so it blends three great genre's of ska blues and rock, what more could you want. Finally, a little note on the simplistic yet stylish cover art, 'This is an album by The Black Keys. The name of this album is Brothers' this unique cover reflects The Black Keys album because it gives off a vibe, as does their music, of we're going to make the music we want whether you buy it or not.