The Black Keys aren't done yet. On their first album of originals in nearly three years, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney are recharged and ready to roll. theblackkeys tell all in the latest SPIN cover story:
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“I always look at real estate in northeast Ohio,” Carney says. “But then I’ll call my dad, like last week, and he’ll say it's 20 degrees there, and I’ll say it’s crazy that he’s still fucking living there.” “Mentally, we had it roughest when we were selling out multiple nights at Staples Center,” Carney adds of that time. “It’s hard to win. That’s when things got weird. We were willing to go to [such] extreme measures of travel and shit that it almost ruined the band.”tour in August 2015, they took an extended period of time off. That break lasted four years. In their time away, both Auerbach and Carney immersed themselves in other projects.
“[Working with other musicians] allows us to do our thing and have someone come in, and they’ll be into what we’re working on or have an idea that could work,” Carney says. “It’s fun.”Another guest musician and longtime Keys friend, ZZ Top’s Billy F. Gibbons — who attended a Keys show in 2004 — just happened to be in the city when they were recording.
“I went over to the Black Keys studio in Nashville to hang out, but hadn’t been aware they were in the midst of cutting a new album, so I came empty-handed without a guitar along,” Gibbons says. “They kind of pressed me into service, thrust a fine six-string in hand, and got straight down to work on the ‘Good Love’ track off the new album, making with the trio thing for the moment. Total groove!”
Following two long layoffs, the Keys are back to the workaholic approach that defined their early years. This summer, they’ll be hitting outdoor amphitheaters and arenas — another momentous achievement. An upcoming show at Blossom Music Center in nearby Cuyahoga Falls will be surreal for Auerbach who, as a 17-year-old, used to flag cars to parking spaces and would hear the band’s sound echo outside of the venue.
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