Over the weekend The Black Keys announced their new album in an odd way that involved Mike Tyson. Yes, that Mike Tyson.
The new album is called Turn Blue and will be released May 13 via Nonesuch Records. Turn Blue was recorded in Hollywood last summer at Sunset Sound with some additional recording done at the Key Club in Benton Harbor, MI, as well as at Auerbach’s own Easy Eye Sound in Nashville in early 2014.
Today the band released new single “Fever.” The duos departure from their blues-inspired garage rock sound continues. Although I was (for the most part) digging the new sound that found them on their last few releases, I’m not too crazy about “Fever.” While some may argue that some of their more recent releases at least had some strands of their old selves, it seems like they’ve all but shed that skin with the new song.
To be fair, who didn’t see this coming? It’s definitely not a bad song by any means, and I can’t hate on the band for changing their sound. It happens. But I’m just not into this as much as I hoped. It pains me to say but it’s just an ok song. Maybe my feelings will change over time (hopefully). Even if not, it’s only one song off the album.
Stream “Fever” below.
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