Black Keys are a guitar and drums duo from Akron, Ohio. I recently purchased their 2006 release, Magic Potion. As the wailing garage blues sound fills the room, I am struck by the sudden urge to go find a sunken sofa in a gloomy basement and writhe with the pain inflicted groove. The relatively simple and repetitive lyrics compliment the instrumental simplicity. Not that they are simple in a bad way—just that there are only three instruments: guitar, drums, voice. They manage to jam a lot of feeling and emotion into it. “Your Touch” is a kind of love song with tearing riffs, squealing guitar, and an amazing pulsing beat. “Flame” is the ultimate song of pain. This album reeks of heartache and tragedy but instead of sounding mope-y or over thought out it has a too cool, bluesy, basement attitude.
-written by Hannah
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