Black Keys: Turn Blue
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May 6, 2014 by J Matthew Cobb
in Indie rock
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Genre: Indie rock, RockPros:
Subtle echoes of smooth psychedelic rock and midnight soul R&B wiggles its way inside Black Keys' singleCons:
Not enough high altitude or high-res action. Sadly it's a lack of a climax that's holding it backAkron indie rock band parks their El Camino in smooth groove territory
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Akron indie rock band parks their El Camino in smooth groove territory
If Lady Gaga could pull off a hot slow jam with “Do What U Want,” then it’s not all that impossible to believe that the Black Keys could do the same. On “Turn Blue,” their second single to be released from their forthcoming Turn Blue disc, they go for a sound that’s so urbane that it sounds like sexy ‘70’s blaxplotation R&B and psychedelic rock n’ soul, as if Hall & Oates decided to get stoned. Even with an airy chorus that smells like a Justin Timberlake fantasy, there’s no space shuttle takeoff aboard here. Still it shows the Akron, Ohio duo trekking somewhere into unfamiliar territory. And the location’s environment is dressed with sexy subtleties.
