ARTIST : The Black Keys
TITLE : Attack And Release
LABEL : V2
GENRE : Rock
BITRATE : 199 kbps avg
SOURCE : CD (LP)
PLAYTIME : 00:39:09
SIZE : 58.4MB
STORE DATE : 2008-03
Track List
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1. All You Ever Wanted 2:55
2. I Got Mine 3:59
3. Strange Times 3:10
4. Psychotic Girl 4:10
5. Lies 3:59
6. Remember When (Side A) 3:21
7. Remember When (Side B) 2:10
8. Same Old Thing 3:09
9. So He Wont Break 4:14
10. Oceans And Streams 3:26
11. Things Aint Like They Used To Be 4:36
On March 31st, V2 / Cooperative Music will release The
Black KeysÆ fifth full-length LP, Attack & Release. The
album follows their 2006Æs critically acclaimed Magic
Potion, which the Chicago Tribune proclaimed, ôa gritty,
wild, minimalist masterpiece.ö
Produced by Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley, Gorillaz, The
Grey Album), Attack & Release was recorded at engineer
Paul HamannÆs illustrious Suma Studio outside Cleveland,
Ohio. Initial collaboration began when Danger Mouse
(a.k.a. Brian Burton) approached the band to write songs
for an album he was developing with the late R&B legend
Ike Turner. As the band began composing tracks for Turner
early last year, though, they quickly realized they were
actually laying the groundwork for a new album of their
own.
Attack & Release thus became The Black KeysÆ first
collaborative effort, as it morphed into their own album
with Danger Mouse as producer. By recording in an actual
studio (another first), guitarist-vocalist Dan Auerbach
and drummer Patrick Carney were given the opportunity to
add a variety of instruments to their usual simple
set-upùincluding organ, moog, and banjo. ôAfter recording
our previous albums in a basement, we were ready to go
somewhere else,ö Auerbach confesses. ôDanger Mouse came
in as our collaborator. He has a real ear for melody and
arrangement and that was a big part of this record, as
was the studioàa really special place.ö
Carney concurs: ôThe place is covered with dust, it
smells like a moldy cabin, and it looks like a haunted
house. It was fitting for our first time going into a
real studio.ö He continues, ôI think Dan and I were
intrigued to work with somebody as a producer, and with
an engineer like Paul, because we both realized we
couldnÆt teach ourselves anything more and it was best to
start learning from other people.ö
Besides Auerbach, Carney, and Danger MouseÆs work, other
contributions on Attack & Release include guitarist Marc
Ribot and multi-instrumentalist Ralph Carney (PatrickÆs
uncle)ùboth veterans of, among other things, Tom WaitsÆ
band. The closing track, ôThings AinÆt Like They Used To
Be,ö features Auerbach singing along side
eighteen-year-old bluegrass/country-singer Jessica Lea
Mayfield.