Sitting in a room whose walls are so blue they look black, digging into the joy-and-pain double helix of existence and finding heavy soul, kicking out a blues rock rumpus in search of salvation...this is the electrifying world of The Black Keys and their sophomore album Thickfreakness.
"Building upon but never merely appropriating the discontent of 20th century Delta Blues, Thickfreakness applies traditional blues reflexes to the modern day daemons of social alienation, vocational mediocrity, and the urban grind... Just how The Black Keys achieved this deliciously unencumbered ferocity on Thickfreakness is really no mystery. The LP was primarily recorded in 14 hours on an early 80s Tascam 388 eight-track down in Carneys basement. But whats remarkable is how tight and focused it sounds given this expedited timeline... Alongside the ghosts of Son House and Muddy Waters, youll hear the assiduous, frenzied energies that The Black Keys exhumed in Carneys cellar during the Thickfreakness sessions." - Henry Hauser, Consequence Of Sound, May 11, 2013
Selections:
1. Thickfreakness
2. Hard Row
3. Set You Free
4. Midnight In Her Eyes
5. Have Love Will Travel
6. Hurt Like Mine
7. Everywhere I Go
8. No Trust
9. If You See Me
10. Hold Me In Your Arms
11. I Cry Alone
"Building upon but never merely appropriating the discontent of 20th century Delta Blues, Thickfreakness applies traditional blues reflexes to the modern day daemons of social alienation, vocational mediocrity, and the urban grind... Just how The Black Keys achieved this deliciously unencumbered ferocity on Thickfreakness is really no mystery. The LP was primarily recorded in 14 hours on an early 80s Tascam 388 eight-track down in Carneys basement. But whats remarkable is how tight and focused it sounds given this expedited timeline... Alongside the ghosts of Son House and Muddy Waters, youll hear the assiduous, frenzied energies that The Black Keys exhumed in Carneys cellar during the Thickfreakness sessions." - Henry Hauser, Consequence Of Sound, May 11, 2013
Selections:
1. Thickfreakness
2. Hard Row
3. Set You Free
4. Midnight In Her Eyes
5. Have Love Will Travel
6. Hurt Like Mine
7. Everywhere I Go
8. No Trust
9. If You See Me
10. Hold Me In Your Arms
11. I Cry Alone
