THE BLACK KEYS
Debut Music Video
For New Song
‘GO’
New Album
“LET’S ROCK”
Out June 28
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THE BLACK KEYS DEBUT MUSIC VIDEO FOR NEW SONG GO
9th STUDIO ALBUM, “LET’S ROCK,”
OUT VIA EASY EYE SOUND/NONESUCH RECORDS ON JUNE 28
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Today, The Black Keys release the music video for their new song Go, from their upcoming album “Let’s Rock.” The video is directed by Bryan Schlam and finds the band struggling to reconnect after five years apart. Pat Carney says, “It was great making this video with Bryan, partially because it was filmed at the very type of place it is making fun of,” and Dan Auerbach adds, “The video was fun, but we still haven’t spoken.”
Director Bryan Schlam says about the making of the video, “For Go I felt like we needed to address the elephant in the room. Where have the guys been for five years? I thought – Let’s send them to the next level of therapy. A retreat. A commune. A place that’s supposed to symbolise peace and unity… and they’ll hate every second of it. It was a challenging video, not only in the task of having Dan and Patrick act in almost every shot – but also in keeping a narrative that feels cinematic and funny at the same time. We tried to balance the two, relying on situational humour and the effortlessly cool vibe of the song.”
The band made history this week with their song Lo/Hi. The song tops Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs, Adult Alternative Songs, Rock Airplay, and Alternative Songs charts, making it the first time any song has reached #1 at all four formats simultaneously. Listen to Lo/Hi HERE.
“Let’s Rock” is a return to the straightforward rock of the singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney’s early days as a band. Auerbach says, “When we’re together we are The Black Keys, that’s where that real magic is, and always has been since we were sixteen.” The second song from the record, Eagle Birds, debuted along with the album announce; it follows the previously released single Lo/Hi. The Black Keys’ thirty-one city North American tour begins September 23 while their forthcoming album “Let’s Rock” is available for pre-order HERE.
“Let’s Rock” was written, tracked live, and produced by Auerbach and Carney at Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville and features backingvocals from Leisa Hans and Ashley Wilcoxson. “The record is like a homage to electric guitar,” says Carney. “We took a simple approach and trimmed all the fat like we used to.”
Rolling Stone named Lo/Hi a “Song You Need to Know” and said, “the Keys have officially returned, louder than ever” and The New York Times calls the song “the kind of garage-boogie stomp that the band never left behind.” The band’s recent interview with Zane Lowe about the new album can be heard HERE.
Formed in Akron, Ohio in 2001, The Black Keys have released eight studio albums: their debut The Big Come Up (2002), followed by Thickfreakness (2003) and Rubber Factory (2004), along with their releases on Nonesuch Records, Magic Potion (2006), Attack & Release (2008), Brothers (2010), El Camino (2011), and, most recently, Turn Blue (2014). The band has won six Grammy Awards and headlined festivals including Coachella, Lollapalooza, and Governors Ball.
Since their last album together, both Auerbach and Carney have been creative forces behind a number of wide-ranging artists:
Dan Auerbach formed the Easy Eye Sound record label, named after his Nashville studio, in 2017, with the release of his second solo album, Waiting on a Song. Since its launch, Easy Eye Sound has become home to a wide range of artists including Yola, Shannon & The Clams, Dee White, Shannon Shaw, Sonny Smith, Robert Finley, and The Gibson Brothers; it also has released the posthumous album by Leo Bud Welch as well as previously unreleased material by Link Wray.
Patrick Carney has produced and recorded new music with artists such as Calvin Johnson, Michelle Branch, Damns of the West, Tobias Jesso, Jr., Jessy Wilson, Tennis, Repeat Repeat, Wild Belle, Sad Planets, Turbo Fruits, and more. He also created the theme music for the Netflix TV show BoJack Horseman with his late uncle, Ralph Carney.
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Watch GO here
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“Let’s Rock” Track Listing:
Shine A Little Light
Eagle Birds
Lo/Hi
Walk Across The Water
Tell Me Lies
Every Little Thing
Get Yourself Together
Sit Around And Miss You
Go
Breaking Down
Under The Gun
Fire Walk With Me
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