It is a formula, one with a few basic ingredients: rhythm, attitude, melody, volume and an undying belief in freedom through a few well-chosen chords. Why make it any more complicated than that?
The Black Keys are serious about this, and on their seventh record, “El Camino,” prove it with 11 songs about love, lust, greed, desire, helplessness, heartbreak, or some combination thereof. They will never be a band whose gigs can irrevocably change you inside, but the Black Keys are really good and a lot of fun.
It is a formula, one with a few basic ingredients: rhythm, attitude, melody, volume and an undying belief in freedom through a few well-chosen chords. Why make it any more complicated than that?
ReplyDeleteReally? Plagiarizing from the L.A. Times?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/12/album-review-the-black-keys-el-camino.html