The Black Keys' "Attack & Release" Debuts at No. 14

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Congratulations to The Black Keys on the debut of their latest album, Attack & Release, at No. 14 on the Billboard album chart, marking a career high for the band. Detroit's Metro Times says the songs on the album "boast the intimate homegrown shagginess of The Black Keys' previous releases, but with numerous nuanced musical and production shimmers winningly integrated by producer Danger Mouse," blending "an epic quality with a timeless immediacy, making it lush, visual and 'soundtrack-y' in the best David Lynch or Quentin Tarantino sense."

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Congratulations to The Black Keys on the debut of their latest album, Attack & Release, at No. 14 on the Billboard album chart, marking a career high for the band.

Writing from the other side of Lake Erie from the band's hometown of Akron, in Detroit's Metro Times, reviewer Katherine Turman says the songs on Attack & Release "boast the intimate homegrown shagginess of The Black Keys' previous releases, but with numerous nuanced musical and production shimmers winningly integrated by producer Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley, Gorillaz)."

Turman finds the band to be "dimensional and creative" on the new album and says "the duo succeeds in opening up more without selling out." She compares "I Got Mine" to the work of legendary blues man R. L. Burnside and, on "Lies," sees the band blending "an epic quality with a timeless immediacy, making it lush, visual and 'soundtrack-y' in the best David Lynch or Quentin Tarantino sense."

"The Black Keys have put one foot out of the basement and into the light," Turman concludes, "without shedding their underground skins in the process."

To read the full review, visit metrotimes.com.

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  • Wednesday, April 9, 2008
    The Black Keys' "Attack & Release" Debuts at No. 14

    Congratulations to The Black Keys on the debut of their latest album, Attack & Release, at No. 14 on the Billboard album chart, marking a career high for the band.

    Writing from the other side of Lake Erie from the band's hometown of Akron, in Detroit's Metro Times, reviewer Katherine Turman says the songs on Attack & Release "boast the intimate homegrown shagginess of The Black Keys' previous releases, but with numerous nuanced musical and production shimmers winningly integrated by producer Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley, Gorillaz)."

    Turman finds the band to be "dimensional and creative" on the new album and says "the duo succeeds in opening up more without selling out." She compares "I Got Mine" to the work of legendary blues man R. L. Burnside and, on "Lies," sees the band blending "an epic quality with a timeless immediacy, making it lush, visual and 'soundtrack-y' in the best David Lynch or Quentin Tarantino sense."

    "The Black Keys have put one foot out of the basement and into the light," Turman concludes, "without shedding their underground skins in the process."

    To read the full review, visit metrotimes.com.

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