After the world tour following (2014), The Black Keys' singer and guitarist stated that he had become so alienated from the musician life that he could play without thought in front of huge crowds. After a break of no less than five years - in which Auerbach released his second solo album Waiting On A Song - the question is therefore whether the focus is back. The message of the simplistic album
… title and cover (an image of an electric chair) seems to suggest this in any case, as does the brutal opening riff of Shine A Little Light. In Lo / Hi and Walk Across The Water villains Auerbach and drummer comfortable with the already quite elementary rock of . But in a cool song like Tell Me Lies, The Black Keys also sound surprisingly subtle. Such that you suspect that the quotation marks around Let's Rock are there for a reason. (RME)more
