Brothers

I struggled to connect with Brothers. There are individual elements which I could imagine being able to lose myself in a different setting (I quite like the vocals) but the songwriting is very boring and the further you get into the very long tracklist the more of an issue that becomes. I had to listen to it in two sittings because my wife asked if we could put something “more fun” on. Fair enough!

Black Keys reminds me of being 16 and getting lifts from my only mate who had a car, he was and still is a quiet and quite distant guy but i never saw him happier than when driving as a teenager playing the only two CDs he had in his car: this album and the one after it. It never did much for me then and still doesn’t but i’ve always understood the appeal and it’s by no means bad, high 2

Man. What a boring album. The Black Keys journey into overproduced indulgence could use a lot of trimming down and a lot more variety. It is easier to respect a dedication to minimalism if it produced something artistically brave. In their defense this might have been a fresh take on their own sound at the time, but it is now doomed to car commercial status. If all you do is midtempo pentatonic riffs you do not need 18 songs.

Херь

Harry asked me if American Idiot was the last massive rock album, and I agreed, but I forgot just how big The Black Keys were in 2011/2012. These songs were everywhere. The summer I graduated college, I drop the family plow truck everywhere. A '94 F-350 that got 7 miles to the gallon with no ac. I'd roll the windows down and listen to 104.1. Songs from this and El Camino were always on. I was stoked to revisit this one. Once, Everlasting Light kicked on, I was even more stoked. But this thing runs out of steam quick. It's too long. The entire back half is just mediocre blues tracks.

mostly inoffensive and boring. half the songs sound like they were written for licensing, though maybe that’s just cause I’ve heard these songs soundtrack commercials so many times since the album’s release. gimme Magic Potion over this any day.

I like to think that if I were Jack White, I’d be more flattered than peeved that these guys had so much success ripping off my worst music. But to be fair to Jack, these guys aren’t even wearing fedoras. Chelsea listened to The Black Keys a lot when we first got together, and I expected to recognize more than “Howlin’ for You,” but the rest is truly forgettable. 2.5

Not for me

mja een jaren 10 alt rock album. maar dat is het ook wel. beetje te zeikerig

Sounds like a Kia sorento ad

I don't like this one, feels generic. Album felt very long. Not for me.

It’s meh! Very 2010 Apple commercial music. Just not interesting to me. I can barely remember it honestly.

The most inoffensive treacly boring blues rock, as soon as a song ends I forget it. All the effects and fuzziness make it seem like it was recorded in a basement and I’m listening from the attic. His production and style gave way to the boring soft pop blues rock of the late 00’s and 2010’s Boo black keys 1.5 I do like his voice

It is average, which would suggest 3. But average in a list which is excludes other, far more interesting, albums deserves to be punished.

I just done get the hype. I’m partial to a more gritty, lo-fi garage rock sound at times but the songwriting needs to be bloody good to make up for the lack of production. This does not have it. Sloppy, amateurish drums with basic chord progressions on fuzzed out guitars that don’t really add anything interesting to the texture other than saturate the mid range and crowds everything else out.

Just a bit dull ?

Everlasting Light - 2/5 Next Girl - 1/5 Tighten Up - 4/5 Howlin' for You - 4/5 She's Long Gone - 3/5 Black Mud - 3/5 The Only One - 1/5 Too Afraid to Love You - 1/5 Ten Cent Pistol - 2/5 Sinister Kid - 2/5 The Go Getter - 3/5 I'm Not the One - 3/5 Unknown Brother - 2/5 Never Gonna Give You Up - 1/5 These Days - 1/5 Average score: 2.2/5 ⭐️⭐️ i wouldn't personally consider it bad or unlistenable, but this album definitely sounds like redundant, pedestrian blues rock made for hipsters living in gentrified neighborhoods. if you've heard one track by these guys, you've heard just about all they have to offer musically. i will gladly leave this in the 2010s where it belongs after today

Dieses Album ist ein Vibe, ein Bluesiger Hipster ass Vibe, der Vibe ist ganz cool aber mehr als Vibe gibt's nicht. Das ist Bluesrock aber ohne das was Bluesrock zu Bluesrock macht abgesehen vom Oberflächlichen Vibe. Ich habe ein Kommentar zu dem Album gesehen der es Beschreibt als ich es je könnte "This is the sonic equivalent of that wood textured paneling people would put up in their basements instead of drywall" Eigentlich ist das Album nicht so schlecht aber ich hasse alles wofür es steht

omfg i fucking hate this album i absolutely struggled through it!!! midfest galore

2,8/5

Just a bit vanilla. Kind of like a fifa sound track but not the good kind

This album was overproduced. Blues Music should have minimal production so the singer’s emotion can shine through.

The first album I heard of the Black Keys was “Attack & Release” from 2008 and already by then I wasn’t really convinced: too foreseeable melodies, too poppy, too boring. What followed didn’t ever interest me again.

Sounds like rocket league background music

I thought I'd never heard this before, turns out I have heard it in every car advert I've ever seen

I didn't love this. The "soulful-voiced white guy yelling bluesy-rock at me for an hour" genre isn't really for me. The songs were somewhere hummable and melodically interesting, but the sound really grated on my after a while. Two stars.

i never really liked the black keys for two reasons: the overplaying of lonely boy etc and the fact their signature sound just feels too samey across the songs i had heard. there was a happy place in my heart for "tighten up" bc it was on the fifa 11 soundtrack. i listened to that a lot while my brother played the ps3 and then just saved the playlist bc it was so full of fantastic indie / electric hits... but i think that nostalgia does a lot of heavy lifting. "The Only One" and "Unknown Brother" were distinct favourites. The Only sounds a lot like Jabaal by the Dur Dur Band (is it synth??idk.) The guitar riff in Unknown Brother is delicious and dirty and really reminds me of the riff in "Janitor " by Suburban Lawns. This definitely isn't, as a whole, my usual "sound," and my preexisting distaste for them has influenced my enjoyment of this album. Unfortunately, I think the things I loved most about the three songs mentioned was that they didn't sound like the black keys as they've always existed in my mind. Usually when I've up a few songs to a band I've previously find difficult to enjoy I enjoy they become a gateway into tuning into a bands particular "sound" but I get the feeling this wont be the case here (and I just don't feel curious, or interested, enough about the rest of their music to prove myself wrong.) Liking songs in spite of an artists sound isn't the greatest praise, but I will say I do appreciate the black keys more (or at least this album) than I did before. It's a lot more varied/complex than I ever gave them credit for, I would probably spin those three tracks on my own accord but I don't think I'd listen to the album again without hearing something from them that truly surprised me. 6/10

a very interesting genre of music! second half of the album made up for the first… it was okay.

Had enough of this stomp clap crap after 2 songs. This is just all the same song it did not have to be an hour.

meczacy rock, nope

Stale, dull, unoriginal. Marginally better than some of their other dross due to competent production and a touch more sonic variety but fundamentally it's music for boring dads.

not for me. reminded me someone i would hate

Not terrible. But not my jam either. 8/21 61.72%

saying this is car commercial music is a cliche but it really is car commercial music.

I am 10 years too old to enjoy this. When this came out I was beginning my real crotchety old man phase (at the ripe age of mid/late 20's) with respect to popular music. Anything that sounds like this just reminds me of handlebar mustache, whiskey out of a mason jar, suspenders wearing barn music . It smacks of try hard white people soul with little to no instrumental talent. The corrugated steel hut double tracked voice doesn't help either. It's not quite the "clap clap HEY" genre which is so much worse but it approaches it. Music for advertising mid size sub-luxury SUV's and male hygiene products. I hate this kind of music, but I realize that I am the exact opposite audience for it. I guess it's a unique sound, even if I dislike it.

It didn't feel very genuine to me like they're putting on a persona.

It was OK enough but by the fourth song I started getting tired of hearing more white boys cosplaying the blues. Oh, I'm sure these two mean well & have a real love for Howlin' Wolf or whoever but for my money it all sounded too cutesy and at times unauthentic. Some white boys can play the blues. Someone like Johnny Winter can play the blues damn near as good as any black man ever could and better than many well regarded black blues men, but The Black Keys are not even on the same ocean much less boat as Johnny Winter. Brothers is a pretty inoffensive album, it makes fine background music, I bet they sound great after a few beers but with so much great blues out there I have no idea why anyone would bother with Brothers.

Boring. It's loud and fuzzy, generic airy vocals, but feels too well mastered and controlled. let it loose a little and perhaps a better time would be had.

Blues-adjacent radio rock that was easier enough on the ears, but didn't stir anything inside me for the most part. They sound like a lot of bands I like. Being a two piece rock band who are influenced by blues music, the White Stripes are an easy comparison to make. They do not have the energy and passion that you can find on those albums. I can't imagine these guys geeking out over long-dead forgotten musicians like Jack White does. I can also hear some Queens Of The Age too, but lacking the swagger. The big single here is 'Howlin For You' and it is a decent stomper with a chorus you chant along with. I was disappointed to find out that 'Never Going To Give You Up' was not a Rick Astley cover, but instead a cover of an old soul song. These guys do soul pretty well, more so than the blues-driven sound that dominates the album. I never checked these guys when they were in their prime, but it doesn't appear that I missed out on a lot here.

I didn’t think I knew The Black Keys but I do…. Middle of the road….

Feels repetitive

Decent album. But gives Coloniser Blues. Not giving much and can see through the inauthenticity. Also sounded very White Stripes. Some good records in there - highlight “Next Girl” but didn’t feel much else. Would’ve given a 2.5/5

It sounds like a good uneventful album : nice voice, good music but nothing that makes me think "wow I needed to ear that before I die". Favorite Songs: Next Girl

boring

This was a bit of a comedown after the highs of 69 love songs. I can see that this waa definitely something i once loved and i enjoyed too afraid to love and probs some other songs as well but generally not my preferred genre or style of vocals.

The Black Keys are okay. They’re fine and they’re inoffensive and okay. I wish that they were more but they’re not and that’s okay. Guess it would suck to be have to say ‘we’re a two-piece, blues-garage band from America who became popular in the 00s and have a three-word, colour themed name’ and only be the second best band to meet that criteria.

favs: tighten up howlin’ for you the only one ten cent pistol im not the one rating 1.6/5

favs: she’s long gone, the only one, too afraid to love you, unknown brother, never gonna give you up

Not my favorite sound on an indie rock band, and I definitely don't really like some of the bands who have copied this sound later on. Even though it's a bit pretentious, I feel like this album sounds a bit too commercial for me to really enjoy this vibe. I do like how they were able to combine these sounds into a somewhat cohesive record, though. Favorites: Too Afraid to Love You, Ten Cent Pistol, The Go Getter

Hard to mess up blues rock, and the The Black Keys don't exactly do that, but they do make it boring. It's music made for boomers who think it's rare for bands that make "real music" to still exist. I just need something more from these guys, something they have been unwilling to provide now 14 albums into their career. And so, for now, I must write them off as not for me.

Listenable but, come in, there is really nothing memorable here. It's also way too long. I haven't reached 8% of this project yet, but it has already made me understand why I don't like American music (with the obvious exceptions): it's because American music sucks (with the obvious exceptions).

I have a list of complaints that I'm sure a lot of professional critics and others have shared: - A lot of effort goes into making this sound like there's no effort put into it. - More bass, please - Mom: We have The White Stripes at home! - I love guitar effects, but COME ON - Why wouldn't I just listen to the source material? (i.e., Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, etc.) It's an okay album to throw on for a long road trip, when you're tired of all your other favorites. The music just has an insincerity to it. They do a bang-up job of copying Soul and R & B as a style, but it's all academic. You have to actually HAVE soul, you have to actually feel the music.

The list, understandably, struggles with picks from 2010-onward. It’s challenging to know what’s going to be influential or important without the goggles of time. Unfortunately, I find myself disagreeing with the list’s choices for recent alternative rock albums. I find this album by the Black Keys to be okay, but boring, predictable, and with hindsight, an embarrassing stereotype of early 2010s music. The tambourine on 2 & 4 is reminiscent of the nascent “Stomp Clap” era that dominated that decade. When better artists from this time are not on the list—Bon Iver, Vampire Weekend, Paramore—I feel bummed to get something like Brothers.

Barring a couple of tracks pretty disappointing

Music for a Lowe's commercial. Very dated and thoroughly uninteresting

It sounds great but compositionally it feels like just a worse White Stripes - a band I'm already not very big on

Album from indie rock albums generator. Way too many songs. I would rate it 3 but i was bored at the end of it.

ehh not my style

Not bad but definitely not an album you have to listen to before you die.

very generic, very any cool band in a movie cocky singer, nothing special

Jotenkin raskasta kuunneltavaa, äänimaailma ei miellytä korvaa.

Ohan tää ihan omaperänen tällaseks "moderniksi" tavaraksi. Sikäli myös posia, että kahella PEKALLA mennään ja väsäillään. Pitkää levyä kuunnella ongelmaksi kuitenkin muodostuu puuroutumiset. Näillol se kovakin hitti sitten joltain vähän myöhemmältä levyltä. Aikanaan yritin näitä julkasuja kuunnella, mutta ei koskaan lähtenyt ihan kunnolla. Sanotaan SIIS, että en paheksu tai vieroksu, mutta tsemppi ei riitä. Kakkosen vilautteluks menee.

Bändi oli entuudestaan tuttu omasta hyllystäkin löytyvän El Caminon myötä. Siinä on yksi bängeri, niinkun nuorisolaiset sanoisivat, mutta muuten ei ole herättänyt minkäänlaista himoa tutustua enempi bändiin. Enkä nyt tämän kuunneltuani ole varsinaisesti ollut väärässä. Ei sinällään mitään vikaa, mutta ei mitään erikoistakaan. Todella hajuton ja mauton levy josta ei jäänyt mitään mieleen.

Muddy. But without the waters.

turns out i wasnt missing out on much. millennial machismo

I really like the cover. It's unique. The music, though, is kind of generic and very advertisement-core.

A couple of decent tracks but I felt this was quite repetitive and didn't grab me in any way.

Favorite track(s): the desire to save good ol' rock-n-roll has crossed the Pond. The results are musically the same but lyrically worse.

Was sorta disappointed by this one. A little boring.

Fine sounds but the album was way too long to keep me personally interested. I do enjoy the "Da Da"s in 'Howling For You' though.

I think this is a case where objectively it’s pretty good, I just didn’t connect with it.

It’s been about seven years since I heard this album in full, and I think I needed to hear it again to break the myth I created around it in my head. I like the Black Keys. I like their old stuff (Thickfreakness and Chulaholma are amazing). I like Delta Kream. To me, Brothers is where the duo lost their steam and what originally made them unique. Dan Auerbach’s voice is the weakest it has ever been on this record. A lot of the songs sound the same. I cannot understand why this was chosen over other Keys albums.

Doesn't do anything for me.

Sounds great, maybe too great? Mostly vibes. I had heard so many of the songs so many times before without knowing where I had heard them. The sound itself seems so indicative of an entire genre/era of the “indie rock” that I cut my teeth on, but this struck me as particularly devoid of soul, self, perspective,

didn't really care for it I thought tighten up was good and howlin for you were alright if not a little basic but otherwise it just kinda sounded like the exact same noise at different rhythms. Kinda coworker music ish really basic rock without direction

Could be the most overrated band of all time. Just find em really dull and repetitive.

2.3

Sounded oddly familiar, unsure where.

Bang average. Like White Denim without the charm. Shouldn't be anywhere near this list.

This is a review for the album Brothers by the Black Keys. This was the longest car commercial I have ever listened to. It is generic and unimaginative. While the production is nice, the songs themselves are uninspired. At times it sounds less like a cohesive album and more like a catalogue of songs created for ad agencies to choose from. If you have listened to one song from the album, you have pretty much listened to everything. Choosing a favorite song from this album is both hard and easy. Hard, because nothing really stands out. Easy, because the songs blur together to the point where it hardly matters. I'll randomly pick "I'm Not The One" and call it a day.

Listening session: february 19th, while commuting from and to internship Listened to before: no Thoughts: I only know the Black Keys because of Little Black Submarines, so I had high expectations. Unfortunately I found this whole album quite bland so halfway through I was counting down the tracks to the end of the album Favourite tracks: Black Mud & Never Gonna Give You Up

Sounds like blues rock made in a lab. You probably heard these songs in video games and commercials in the 2010s.

Idk not really my thing, it’s not bad but just sounds like something I’d hear in a commercial for some new chicken wing shop whilst the lady explains the new sauces

I feel like the hype when this and El Camino came out had to be from people who have very little knowledge of existing blues artists. A few of the songs are enjoyable, but some are downright annoying (example, Howlin’ for You). They take so much inspiration from John Lee Hooker, R.L. Burnside, and other classic blues artists that it’s hard to credit them with bringing anything new to the table. The Black Keys get compared to the White Stripes a lot, and you could credibly call both bands blues rip-offs, but of the two, I think the Black Keys display much less originality.

This sounds like a diluted version of that horrid rock / rap crossover. Not that there's any rap on it, but you get the point. It's Lenny Kravitz outtakes, with all the original soul and energy sucked out with a clinical production style.

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Mid

I have found the Black Keys to be disappointing. I don’t really mind their band. I imagine seeing them live in a small venue would be entertaining enough. That being said they’re good enough to open for someone else, not headline arenas. They come across as a rich man’s garage band, which nobody asked for. I’m probably being unfair but I’m rounding this one down.

When an album has this many songs they either all need to be decent or it needs some monster hits, this hit neither of those criteria

Kind of boring, kind of derivative, its fine I guess? I can understand why someone would like this, its just that that someone is not me. 2.5/5

kinda bland

I didn't think I had heard them much before. After listening I can't say much other than OK. It's not bad, it's not great, it's just kinda there. It's music you play at a party as folks show up because it's just so there. No one will actively complain, people will just be catching up and bullshiting and then realize they need better music. I can't say I will put it on just to listen to, but if you tell me this is your favorite album I will assume you think pepper is spicy.

Heard

I'm officially down to my last week of this project, and The Black Keys' Brothers represents a few other lasts for me: My last album of 2010 My last album of the 2010's My last album that I listened to prior to starting this project I haven't listened to The Black Keys in a long time, but I used to listen to them quite a bit. In the late aughts, I got heavily into the indie scene, and even though I had never listened to these guys before, I scooped up this album when it was released in May of 2010. I really liked this when I first heard it, and I started getting copies of the band's earlier albums (I own seven of their LPs and one EP, so that might make them the most represented artist in my music collection). I kinda soured on them a bit after El Camino, and I think part of that was just that I had been overexposed to their music. I have no idea how I'm going to feel about this album today, but I'm excited to fire this up, because to me, it represents a really fun period in my life. Unfortunately, it seems like good memories of listening to this album will be all that I have, because I really didn’t care for Brothers when I listened to it today. To me, Brothers sounded like an album without any soul, crafted with a handful of singles that would appeal to a mass audience and fit nicely on FM alternative rock stations. On other Black Keys albums, their less is more way of doing things works really nicely, but on Brothers, I felt like I wanted more when it came to the music. The singles on this album are still pretty fun; hearing that intro to “Everlasting Light” really takes me back to my twenties, and that fuzzed out guitar and simple drum pattern are still pretty fun. But “Next Girl” feels like it tries to do the same thing. “Tighten Up” is pretty fun, and the bridge is particularly fantastic. Before today, I’d never noticed the keyboard playing on this song, and I liked it quite a bit. As for the rest of the album, “Ten Cent Pistol” and “Sinister Kid” are pretty good, and they both showcase that The Black Keys can craft a good sound that’s stripped down and slower. Other than those few songs though, Brothers feels like a lot of filler. Less really would have been more on Brothers when it comes to its run time. I was hoping that this album would scratch a nostalgic itch for me today, but Brothers just doesn’t hit the same today as it did in 2010.

4.5/10 - This feels like an album for the radio. You have two songs that standout, but everything sounds the same. I feel like I started and ended in the same place; like driving around a cul de sac for an hour.

Fun, groovy rock music... Bluesy but not blues. I enjoyed some of the songs, especially Ten Cent Pistol and the singles. The sound profile is a little thin for my liking. It gives a blues tone a unique pop rock wash, and I appreciate the catchiness of it all... But I don't know why it made the list, to be honest, as it pales in comparison to most of the other albums I'm seeing here. I'd have preferred an actual blues album today. 4/10

ass

Boredom, be a lady tonight. This music is fine. That's really it. This breaks no new ground. In fact, it just sort of shuffles some dirt around next to the grave of Muddy Waters. There is reverence, there is tribute, but this just feels kind of disingenuous to me. I even had to take some time away from this one and return refreshed and ready for more melancholic white boy blues paraplegia (OR para"plagia." y'know, like plagiarism??). Yes, I have been rendered invalid by the stagnant boredom and the general truck commercialism that this music has unfortunately fallen victim to. Maybe if I wasn't alive at the time? I don't know. These guys are aping a decent sound, but the aping itself rubs me the wrong way. Also? Way too long for what it is. I'm sure this would be a very cool live show, but 55 minutes of college kids doing millennial blues worship? RIGHT DOWN TO THE RICK ROLL. Errrrrm Cheque Please?!?! 2-2.5 HIGHLIGHTS: 518 million plays??

- Played a concert in Israel in 2023, but I see nothing from them about the genoicde... I have to assume they're Zionists. And they also did that pro crypto show, lol. I used to listen to them & I think I saw them live at some point, but I guess that will stay in the past. - This album is where I got off the Black Keys train. It has a few good tracks, but it was mostly filler and felt super long. - Unfortunately, the joy and grit of the previous albums doesn't seem to be there - this one feels more plodding and one-note.. - Also, the lyrics feel either really inauthentic or sexist...

Retro appeal of this mellow album fails to carry throughout its length due to lack of musical ideas and songwriting

Eh. The sound profile is the only gimmick and it grows stale real fast

A bit samey

Liked this album quite a bit when I was a teenager but man does this feel dated now, which is wild since the whole premise of this album was to sound instantly timeless. Weird pick to have on this list when albums like Cosmogramma, Have One On Me, The ArchAndroid and Teen Dream came out the same year. I think the singles are still probably 'good' but I can't stand them after the overplay they had

This was a repeat from my other group, I didn't bother listening again because frankly I did not enjoy it the first time around. Record is way too long and mostly unremarkable for me

My least favorite genre of music but at least I was able to fall asleep to it.

Boring

Really middling for me. Lots of boring 2010s rock sound. Some of it was ok but I tired of it rather quickly.

*2010. *Tighten Up, Next Girl, and Howlin for You are all on this album. *I don't know what it is, but I can't get into these guys. Saw them live a few years after this album came out, and that didn't help. RATING - 6/10

meh

I wore this out back in the day, but feel unmoved now. It’s very same-y. And reinforces my challenge in listening to albums. So much sounds the same and I get bored.

mid, the first song was the best one

Going back and forth between a rating of two or three. Parts I really enjoyed and parts I didn’t. But it did get better. 2.5

Fine?

It all sounds exactly the same

Honestly I found this album a bit borning and shallow. It gave me a kind of Gavin degraw ford commercial vibe to me in a bad way. There were enjoyable parts, and I especially thought the beginning of the album wasn’t too bad but this just isn’t for me.

My fav part was the guitar in the interlude tbh

I enjoyed listening to this, for the most part. There is nothing offensive to my ears on this album but then again I can't remember much of it. It's got some great tracks on it and some good tracks which could have given this album a higher rating. Unfortunately, the rest is filler and quite forgettable.

While the majority of the music on this album isn't so bad, I hate the vocal effect that plagues every song, and cannot forgive the black keys for shitting out two of the worst car commercial songs of the the 21st century (Tighten Up & Howlin for You). 2/5

Just not my jam. I kept checking to see how many minutes of suffering i had left. If i wanted to listen to an album where everything sounds the same then i would go for the cold war kids

listened: breakfast in Weston with G and Z Boring

I enjoyed this, but a day later I find myself unable to recall any specific song.

not horrible but lots of filler songs that were kid of boring, the only way i could get through the listen was by having it in the backgroud. still liked some songs though like everlasting light. 2.3 stars

I only enjoyed this as a listening exercise for Tchad Blake mixes cause he’s dope. Sounds so thumpy and lively. Otherwise I hate it

There is something deeply unremarkable about The Black Keys that i just can't put my finger on. Most songs sound the same, far too many have the music and vocal line the same and far far far too long. Sorry!

Found it hard to care. To quote Tarantino its weak sauce. Much better hotter sauce elsewhere on this list.

Like a worse El Camino that steals more from minorities.

Boring

Rehashed warmed over ‘blues’ Go listen to the real thing ie: Muddy. Buddy etc

Jeg har alltid tenkt at dette er musikk for folk som ikke er interessert i musikk. Den fordommen var nok ikke helt skivebom, men synes dette er overraskende greit! Det er litt teit, det er litt pastiche, men med nok fuzz er jeg villig til å svelge min egen kynisme og si at dette nesten hadde vært kult om skiva var halvparten så lang. Allerede etter fire låter virker det som om jeg har hørt alt de har å by på, og law of diminishing returns inntreffer. Jeg begynner å kjede meg, og når jeg begynner å kjede meg, da glipper dessverre treern.

Dette er mellomalbumet til Black Keys. Et sted på veien fra de tidlige garageplatene og de senere platene hvor de sa mer farvel til det gamle soundet. Men jeg er overrasket over hvor dårlig det var i forhold til hvor bra jeg trodde det var. Det er slapt, og få låter som setter seg. Kanskje med unntak av «Tighten Up» som jeg hadde et oppheng på, men som har holdt seg. Jeg tror og håper El Camino har holdt seg da. Ja, også klarte de å slenge inn en rickroll på slutten også.

Dette høres egentlig ut som et kult album. Alt er til rette for det. Men det gir meg absolutt ingenting. Det høres veldig uautentisk ut. Det høres ut som en gjeng skogshipstere som ville lage kul indie blues rock. De har det meste, god gitarlyd og alt, men jeg kjeder vettet av meg.

same

Tighten Up was on fifa therefore this is all fifa music. I like the music but I hate the vocals and lyrics. The way he sings makes everything sound like a beer/car commercial.

nostalgic for me but they didn’t do much. Also gets repetitive, but I do like that tremolo guitar effect

I heard this many years ago and didn’t think too much of it back then. Hearing it again now it’s still a bit underwhelming although the spirit is in the right place. This recording sounds pretty good. There’s a fuzzed out, warm, analog thing going on here with a nicely panned and spacious mix. I think the weak link here is the vocals which are done well but doesn’t have the convincing soul needed to elevate this kind of music to the next level. Yeah the music is good and quite catchy in spots but that’s about it. For me it doesn’t belong on this list but it might fit on a list of 10,001 albums.

Nei takk

I don't get it. It's fine, though.

I'm sorry? Am I the only one who thinks that the lyrics on this album might be some of the cringiest ever recorded? I don't even care that much about lyrics generally but like, lmao. This shit is APPALLING. I'm cracking myself up reading through all the Genius pages. "Oh, my next girl, yeah / Will be nothing like my ex-girl" | "Well her eyes, they're rubies and pearls / And she's not made like those other girls" | "There is nothing worse in this world / Then payback from a, a jealous girl" | "And that's me, that's me / The boy with the broken halo / That's me, and that's me / The devil won't let me be" | "I am the bluest of blues"—why is nobody TALKING about this... Auerbach & Carney be normal about women and/or write something that doesn't sound like a fourteen-year-old's half-assed homework for the poetry unit in freshman English class challenge, failed 15 times over... The music here (boring) is not remotely good enough to redeem lyrics this low-effort. Two stars anyway though because I really did have some fun with the whole thing. I mean. I am the bluest of blues. lmfaoooooooo

4/10

Occasionally, I listen to the first 4 tracks from this album then put something else on. Today, for the first time in years, I listened to all 15 tracks. Next time, I’ll listen to the first 4 tracks from this album then put something else on. Off to play Fifa 11 now.

A mash-up of dozens of popular genres and sounds from previous decades. It's a bit too self-conscious too be truly cool, it's trying too hard. Nothing here comes across as original, it feels more like a covers band, but they are covering their own songs. The best thing that the Black Keys ever did was the first 17 seconds of Lonely Boy, and the second best thing was the rest of Lonely Boy, so I am sad that I didn't get to hear that song as part of this listen. I did get to hear basically the same song 18 times for the course of an hour, though.

Think about a boring album. This one is even more boring. It's not too bad to deserve 1-star, but it's not good enough to receive 3-stars either. If you're planning to do an action movie but you don't have a lot of money to pay for the soundtrack you should definitely invest on this one.

Good but not ground breaking

not bad just nothing special or stand out and there are really just 2-3 variations on the same song here. not a great, cohesive album and definitely not worthy of being on this list. there is plenty of better, more interesting and innovative blues rock out there but it probably does not have the mass appeal of this.

Meh. A couple of hits in amongst an album fill of filler. Meh.

A real "Meh" of an album. At the time, this was the album that made me check out on The Black Keys. And I checked out about two songs into this listen. A once-unique sound that they drove into the ground

1h17m man, tbh I never really got the hype around the Black Keys Fave track: These Days

Wow crazy looking through all these reviews and seeing so many one stars. I enjoyed it, but they have me second guessing myself. I recently told someone I’m not a huge Erykah Badu fan and I tried looking for a single negative review of her online and came up empty handed. Maybe my ears are broken. — Ok I gave it a proper headphone visit and also saw it was released in 2010… a little monotonous. Has vibes of The Killers and The Doors having a baby, but worse. But still not bad either!

After the first song I thought, uh oh, was I wrong about them??? No.

Why no white keys? “This is an album by The “wish we were” Black Keys. The name of this album is “ Bad Blues” Brothers.“

These brothers ain’t got no soul. Boring and uninspired.

It evokes a millenial "stomp boom clap!" vibe that I just don't care for.

Ratings: 5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background I guess I just don't get what makes this stand out. It sounds OK...I don't hear much of anything novel going on.

*shrug*

It’s been a long time since I listened to this album … now I remember why. This is soulless, white boy blues. It’s a miss from an otherwise good band. The musicianship is tight and the clean blues hooks mixed with rock bravado catch the ear, but the lyrics here are my trouble; in fact, they are laughably poor; a collection of simplistic rhymes - “My next girl will be nothing like my ex girl” - littered amongst a pointless dribble of ideas - Howlin’ for You has a first ‘verse’ about actors, the next one talking to a bird and the third one about baseball. I mean, Bob Dylan is rolling over in his soon-to-be grave. I’d much rather listen to them lean into a full-on rock out, like on their next album (El Camino). I’ll flush this album.

Honestly baffled that this was included in this list - a very middling retro rock throwback that sands off its rough edges for commercial gains. Early The Black Keys records were fun (and I enjoyed them at the time) but they were always in the shadow of better rock bands.

All the songs sound the same and none are that good.

Brothers has that fuzzy, bluesy swagger The Black Keys are known for, but here it feels a bit stuck in its own groove. The grit and stomp are there, yet after a few tracks it all starts to blur together - like they found a sound that works and just rode it too long. There’s soul in the mix, sure, but not much spark. It’s fine background noise, just not much more.

They're Marvel-movie-mediocre. I will say I did love the song 10AM Automatic off of one of their earlier albums...forgive me father, I have sinned. It's not as good as Madvillainy.

Is this supposed to be a parody ? Because it sounds as if a couple of college students met in a basement and tried to ironically recreate the blues records their dads used to play when they were kids. It’s a pity because I was ready to love this album. Blues meets garage rock – what could go wrong ? As it turns out, quite a few things. The production is bloated and loud ; sound is sometimes so saturated that I had to check if there was a problem with my speakers ("Never Gonna Give You Up" is barely listenable, it’s like listening to static). The blues vibe is so overdone that it’s almost caricatural. I’ll admit there’s some nice beats here and there. As tired and rehashed as they may be, the old blues tropes are still working to some extent, and The Black Keys did manage to inject a couple of new ideas into them (I found "Too Afraid To Love You" quite original). It’s good music for drinking in a pub, but it quickly gets tiring. Most of the songs are very formulaic, reusing the same gimmicks over and over again. One hour of this was just too much for me. 4/10

Early 2000s, I stumble upon the track Busted by The Black Keys, a dirty, fuzzy blues straight out of the RL Burnside school, and I’m hooked. Their early stoner-blues albums totally did it for me. But this list, as usual, misses the real gems and goes for the band’s best seller which is just another garage rock record in line with the White Stripes vibe. Not my thing at all. The raw magic’s gone, and it’s just lame.

I have never really gotten the black keys, and I really don’t understand this album. There is so little here that catches my attention. For me, this is closer to lo-fi study music than it is to anything else.

I remember being vaguely interested in the Black Keys as a teenager and undergrad but I think it had more to do with the sort of retro rock sound than anything special they were doing. If you're going to play this heavily it has to be skillful like Zeppelin or have a vitality to it like the Ramones or the early Green Day. This has aged poorly, future generations will look at these guys like we look at the Monkees. Her?

boring

Didn’t hate it. Didn’t necessarily like any of it either. Didnt NEED to hear this one before I die.

This could have been 8 tracks shorter.

I always thought Everlasting Light was a great song. Those two singles, though… oof the amount of radio and ad fatigue from those two. Solid album cuts, too.

Not for me

Used to love this back in the day and I was excited to listen to it, but hi, it did not do it for me. Some guitar riffs still hold up, but overall it feels a bit lazy and riff-dependant.

This wasn’t too bad but I don’t think it was anything special

Ah, it’s one of those fairly bland bluesy rock albums. Not really my cup of tea (bet you couldn’t tell that from my opening sentence). Doubt they’ll be too upset though as they’ve sold millions of albums worldwide. I’m half way through the album as I write this - and I’ll see it out, but can’t imagine the music will suddenly give me an epiphany and change my mind 30+ minutes. …Yep, no epiphany received.

Fine. Bit samey

I'm supposed to like this because I know so many other folks that do and have similar tastes to me, but every time I try with The Black Keys I come away thinking it was fine.

They sound like shit to me bro 😭 1.5 stars

the kind of music that gets worse the closer you listen to it Fav song: Never Gonna Give You Up

Some good songs but not an amazing album in my opinion . I like the big riffs and melodies but nothing groundbreaking

5/10

Meh. Every song is very samey. I really really liked the older Black Keys stuff like Attack & Release, but I feel like this album was the turning point when they pulled a "Kings of Leon" and watered down the rawness of their sound and became too bland.

When I listen to some random underwhelming English band on this list, I assume they must have been really popular and significant in the UK. I really hope English people don’t think this about the black keys in the US when they see this utterly forgettable album. I promise, no one has ever cared about the black keys.

There are better Black Keys albums and I’m not convinced I need to listen to them before I die, never mind this one.

booooo

I really struggled to see the point of this album. There's a point where having retro influences becomes a pastiche, and this crosses that line in places. Besides that, it's just so generic. It wore me down.

Haha funny cover. I've heard their album from 2011 with the car on it, "Gold on the ceiling", and it was cool to listen to another one of their albums. Lots of instrumental parts. I kept waiting for the songs to build or have exciting parts, but they all felt boring and repetitive. None of the lyrics stood out to me, and the voice he sung in wasn't my favorite. It was fine to listen to once, but I don't need to hear it again. 3/10

Just ok. Starts off good with some bluesy guitar rock, but gets a little tedious as the album goes on.

ugh

A bit repetitive album + not really my style

I mean no. 2/5

kedelig. Genren er ok, men udførelsen ligegyldig.

If it was a bit shorter I would view it more favorably, as is the hour runtime felt excessive. It's a decent throwback sound but overstays its welcome.

i think the best way i can describe this is generic. it honestly sounds good at times (because danger mouse is goated) but idk why this is on this list honestly.

Day 20 First listen- I zoned out a lot while listening and the tracks did not feel very memorable so its a 2.5/5 for now.

It was alright. A band whose music I've heard over the years which mostly includes the hit Howlin for You, a song that is probably on most 2010s indie playlists. Haven't got that many 21st Century albums yet on here but this is just alright.

Their sixth album. 21st century Blues ? I guess. Very good production. Howlin' For You is a decent track. The album is pretty bloated. Twenty one tracks for one hour and seventeen minutes. When does repetition become dogma? This is all very samey. I am bobbing my head along now and then but it isn't really grabbing me, musically or lyrically.

this feels so stuck in the 2010s it's just not it

Idk I think it would’ve been better with more distortion

Disappointing This album irritates with distortion so overused as to be pointless, percussion so repetitive and persistent that it annoys. I love the blues, but the majority of these lyrics are too trite (like the tritest songs on a Tarantino soundtrack) to be believable or felt. She’s Long Gone The first song of lyrical interest. A welcome shift from the plain and emotionless lyrical offerings of the first four songs on the album. Black Mud An instrumental interlude offering a nice break from the distorted vocals of the album’s opening. Works as a transition piece into the mellowness of The Only One. The Go Getter This one works: nice movement and a unique setting that the band’s sound accentuates meaningfully. Fresh California narrator in a song that knows its bluesy roots. Worth a listen. Never Gonna Give You Up Stands out too much, as it’s far more melodically interesting than the rest of the album. Doesn’t work in this setting, and it’s an unnecessary cover of the outstanding, heartfelt, and vocally masterful original by Jerry Butler. The Days If this kind of song is what The Black Keys are capable of, I’m interested in giving more of their albums a listen. Nice and devastating with moving, genuine lyrics that speak of lived experience. This conclusion showcases the vocalists’s ability to craft blues emotion in a felt and mature performance; also offers balanced instrumental production. I had higher hopes for this one.

2.5

Just Ok. 2/5

Y otra más. Se me cortó la diarrea.

The black what? Less than the black...

awful. get away from me

I like some of the Black Keys songs but this album was interminable and I was relieved when it finished, which isn’t really what you want is it.

Not bad; not my favorite. Derivative and repetitive, but not as offensive as some other white ppl blues we are subjected to. Better just to listen to actual blues.

none of the songs really stood out to me and they all sort of sounded the same. the album kept reminding me of something else which annoyed me

It's so boring, man.

Not my style, overplayed during childhood

I liked it pretty well when it dropped but I found revisiting it to be kind of a slog outside of a few highlights.

Listening to one track or two is fine but after that it all sounds a little similar.

Not as good as there other stuff. A bit tired and samey with too many blues tropes.

Good lyrics interesting but I just don’t really like it

Love the sound...dirgey and swampy but gets monotonous.sinister Kid wad the standout for me. 2.5 stars

It started well - some wonderful moments and then I was willing it to deviate. Would be a sweet EP - 5 tracks would have been bliss… 18 is a bit silly

Irritating, repetitive noise that seems to larp as blues. OK if you say so. I will try not to hold other blues musicians responsible for your trangessions. At least I managed to listen to all 18 tracks so that must mean ... not very much.

Ok at first but gets so repetitive as the album goes. I didn’t hate it but I just was wishing for it to be over about half way through.

I’d like this more if I didn’t associate it with sandy bonnaroo sunscreen

Generic

While I admire the two-man show, it doesn't translate well to a studio record. Listening to these songs without the live and bluesy energy they deserve makes the records feel meandering and slow. Tighten Up and Howling for You are solid cuts that are over too soon on a nearly hour long record. Nothing else is tuneful and memorable. Its just reruns of old Cream and Blind Faith riffs.

Car commercial music

Bland like magnolia paint

This is a boring album by The Black Keys. If Jack white is derivative, I’m not sure what to call this. Tighten up and howlin for you get it done. The rest, maybe I would like it more if xl102 shoved it down my throat too. Just a really boring hour of my life where nothing really stood out except the songs I was familiar with but even on those the context of the album made me wonder if those are even good. Take this 2, Dan.

Didn’t age well

Meh

Skulle tru en bluesmann som meg liker svarte tangenter, men fikk endelig bruk for doisern!!

Litt for monotont og flinkis

Dette er litt kjedelig.

Boring and repetitive.

I perked up at Ten Cent Pistol but I can't see what sets this apart from other (and better, imo) blues-rock acts. Vocals are particularly dull.

I used to really like these guys

there was a time when I really wanted to be into the Black Keys. It passed.

Indie rock, soul/rnb inspired vocals. Bluesy guitar lines. Funky influence too, wah and fuzz heavy tracks etc. Slower tempo with big basslines remind me of White Stripes. Not very exciting for me. Best track - Black Mud?

This certainly is an album.... By the Black Keys.... called Brothers. I keep confusing them with The Black Eyed Peas. It's Ok, but God, all it makes me wanna do is listen to Jimi Hendrix, or the Rolling Stones, or one of the hundreds of better Blues Rock albums that came before it. You'd think in the about 70 years since it's peak, The Keys could find something to "modernize" or do anything interesting with the Blues Genre, but there is little that really makes the album stand out or feel worth it. This isn't a project that tried something interesting and failed, It just feels so middle of the road and basic. There isn't too much wrong with it or anything, there's just little that it does right either. 4/10

21/11/2024 - 04/05/2025

Enjoyable listen. Lots of song blended together. Some were better than others Highlights: Next Girl, Too Afraid to Love You Unlikely to return.

I've never knowingly listened to The Black Keys, and yet I know some of these songs. It sounds like background music or car commercial music. It does not elicit strong emotions one way or another. Music for the masses! There is no heart here. Way too much college boy cosplay for me to add this to my collection.

didn't finish

2.5

Never been a fan of this band. Still not a fan. Feels very samey, very safe and there's nothing particularly that stands out. It's competent but bland 2 stars

Wack

The first 3 or 4 songs I was familiar with, but then I got bored. And getting bored so easily and so early in a 15 song album is not good. This is the most solid 2.5 star I've ever given.

I would rate this album a 2/5 stars. It had some solid tracks and I definitely felt an overall theme, but it didn't stand out to me as anything particularly special or impactful. I would have liked there to be a bit more variety in the pacing of certain songs.

absolute ass

It's ok. Never been grabbed by the singles before (in fact they have always slightly annoyed me) and the album did nothing to convert me. However some of the tracks were ok.

never listened to them before - on this outing, will not again found it quite flat, nothing sharp about it

Mid

Not enjoyable at all. Terrible squealing guitar that sounds like it can’t decide between being a harmonica, a keyboard, or a guitar. And the music itself is repetitive. Doesn’t sound good to the ear. Not memorable.

Older Black Keys is at least interesting...this stuff is just sterile crap. 1.5/5

slight;y less than ok. couple of good tracks. Hopefully this isn't a sign of the 1000 other albums to hear.

Nah bro gib mir wieder die ganzen brecher wie vor zwei wochen

How considerate of them to make an album just for all the Volkswagen PR team members of the world <3

está medio bien, pero no estaba muy en el mood.

im being stalked good

Pretentiöst dravel.

Car commercial-core to the max. The singles are pretty cool but everything else is just mush in my mind. Favorite Tracks: Tighten Up, Howling For You 2.5/5

2 - Album is a weak version of white man blues. Not the best album from this band imo.

good one

It's a 3 star album or higher if they didn't make it over an hour long. I also could not find this in anything other than Deluxe or remastered. State of the industry and all.

Car commercial songs + some fillers. Nothing exciting.

Cosplaying as Delta Blues. This album is both unoriginal and uninteresting. Annoyingly, it manages to bring itself down even further by the excessive use of fuzz.

So I generally don't like this band whenever I've heard them. I find their music quite bland and safe and generally boring. Never listened to a full album by them, maybe I can be turned around. Everlasting Light. Annoying vocals. Sluggish. Compressed. Goes nowhere interesting, you've heard one minute you've heard the entire song. Don't like. 2/5 Next Girl Call and response sets a dreary atmosphere. Pseudo blues writing does in my opinion not work with the singers vocal style, comes across as performative. Weird chorus. Average. 2.5/5 Tighten Up Slightly overplayed. Fifa soundtrack-core Vocals are fine. Guitar plays some nice licks. A nothing instrumental bridge. Clean production. Switchup gives the song another dimension. Fine. 3/5 Howlin' for you Sounds like a car commercial. Is that a kazoo? rarely a good idea. Distracting whatever that is. Ruins the song. MY RIGHT EAR WTF. One dimensional song outside of that. Boring solo. Nearly unlistenable. 1.2/5 She's long gone Cool rhythm. Lyrics are kinda dumb. Don't mind the bass on the song. Mosquito-like guitar just doesn't sound good. Meh. 2.5/5 Black Mud Opens with a decent bass line. Psychedelic elements are a nice surprise. Wish the drums had more punch to them. Decent. 3/5 The Only One Synth organ sounds like a carnival ride. Adds a psychedelic element to the verse. Less tight, more spacious gives a more pop vibe. Works surprisingly well. Wish there was some diversity in the verses. The bass could be more prominent, a bit muted. Like it. 4/5 Too Afraid to Love You Cool change in instrumentation. Could be a cool hip hop beat. Singing does not come across as soulful in the slightest if that's the intention. Sounds unfocused. Fine. 3/5 Ten Cent Pistol Weak opening. Sounds kinda flat. They're playing their instruments well. Chorus works. Fine 3/5 Sinister Kid I see the potential from how the track opens. Verse kinda sucks. Chorus does a decent job being engaging. Cliche lyrics. Fine. 3.2/5 The Go Getter The instrumentation here is multilayered and fun. Stomp stomp clap on the chorus is too much. Chorus kinda brings down the energy of the track, my interest in the track disappears into the void when it comes around. Sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe shit. 2.8/5 I'm not the One Feel like I've heard this exact verse like 5 times this album. If you're not enamoured with the singers voice this track provides nothing for you to latch onto. Teases a buildup then leads into nothing. Not worth commenting on the lyrics. Offensively forgettable. 1.5/5 Unknown Brother Sentimental sounding. Sweet lyrics. Triumphant. Not much to say sonically, but can't hate a track about someone's dead relative. Nice guitar licks. Solid. 3.5/5 Never Gonna Give You Up Not the Rick Astley song :( The "horns" are distracting. Appreciate the change in instrumentation. Think this song should've gone for more risks. There's a bunch of potential for a bright fun track, but feels too muted to be anything notable. Forgetable. 2.5/5 These Days Slow and earnest. Love how the lyrics are written. The delay on the guitars works well with the slower structure. Quite a sad and retrospective track. Good closer Enjoyable 3.5/5 Bonus tracks Chop and Change Not much to discuss. The female background vocals add an additional layer to the song. Average. 2.5/5 Keep My Name Outta Your Mouth Bassline does a lot of work. The compressed vocals make it hard to hear what he's singing at points. Flute sample is catchy. Some nice distortion. Fine. 3/5 Black Mud Part II Continues where the last part left off. See above. Unecessary. 2.5/5 Competently executed, just not really ny thing. Honestly found it boring for the most part, though it had some moments I thoroughly enjoyed. Fave track. The Only One Least Fave track. Howlin' for You

Mid

I didn't really get the hype back in tumblr days when this came out. I don't really get the hype now. The album does have a cohesive sound which is nice. 2.5 rounded down bc I'm cranky

Besides a couple of hit songs. It was alright. Alt rock is really hot or miss with me.

One of the more unique sounds that I have heard. I really like the vocal distortion and the driving Blues feel. That being said, all songs sound pretty similar and the overall musicallity is a bit bland. 4/10

I feel like this album doesn't belong on this list.

If I was asked to described middle of the road, this would probably be it. The sound is fine just entirely unremarkable.

As dull as dishwater

fangede mig ikke så meget

after listening to one song on the album you've listened to them all. It lacks any heart or soul. It's perfect advertisement music, I was getting visons of Toyota's and Nissan's booking it through remote desert landscapes.

Learned a few songs that I actually liked on this album.

Nicht komplett gehört, aber ganz gut hier und da.

I probably lost interest in the Black Keys about three or four albums in. I can see that remains the case.

I didnt relisten but I lived through the 2010s so I have heard this more times than anyone should before I die.

Hated the first few songs. Everlasting light was sung so wispily and I thought the instrumentals sounded like random objects you’d find in a garage. Also tin can vocals and muffled. But it got better. The only one is pretty good, it’s a chill song. Too afraid to love you is also good. I like the swingy melody. Hate the go getter - it just sounds so flat. Several songs I just TOTALLY tuned out accidentally as background music. Whoops. But not the worst, really.

Never really liked it then and still don’t. Kinda just fake rock?

I just don’t love the songs.

Hm. Not as good as I remembered. A couple of good, psychedelic slow songs in the middle. The rest feels dated and mediocre. 15 songs is too long as well. Shame.

Was alright

Обложка нравится, а с музлом уже посложнее

This is definitely a Black Keys album, I’m not really sure what more there is to say about it. It’s sort of a disappointing departure from their earlier lofi stuff that was a little more aggressive and varying. This album really suffers from an overarching sameness that really makes me not what to listen to it. Every song sounds so similar that it’s a struggle to tell them apart. It’s not that the music is bad, it’s a cool funky blues sound with lots of fuzz, but it’s just so monotonous. I don’t really dislike this album, but I also don’t feel it needs to exist as more than just a couple decent singles. 2*

Bored me, really.

Is the cover art some kind of take-off of the Howlin' Wolf album? Very gauche. And yeah, this is slop. Then only 'brothers' I give a hoot about are the Cate Brothers, baby - give them boys a listen to if you want a smooth old time of it.

Some songs are solid but I really don't think this should be on this list. I think people can and will live without listening to this.

How do you write an album this long and have every song sound the same? It’s all so thumpy and mid-tempo. Also, got very tired of the “retro” vocal effect after the 2nd song.

Radio "blues" I remember really liking this as a teenager but it just has no soul or flavour. Mayonnaise

meh

Groupe inconnu. Leur musique n'est pas désagréable, mais est très répétitive et très peu originale (blues rock mou, mais sans les chorus), je me suis lassé assez vite. Je n'y reviendrais pas. =>2/5

boring

Hmmmm not the best - mediocre

pretty forgettable album.

Blues vaporwave - music is fine but as inoffensive as a ham and cheese sandwich. Proof things can be less than the sum of their parts.

The blues is there for the taking and I'm all for reusing it's tropes—frankly it's hard NOT to—but there's one too many lazy lyrical cliches here for me. The Cramps and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion do it better than this. Not to mention RL Burnside. Jack and Meg probably do it with more conviction too. I've only ever heard songs from this record in snippets and on truck commercials but I do like it more than I thought I would. Also, Black Sabbath, Black Flag, Black Crowes, Black Star, and Black Lips are all better.

Blues rock bore off

Bluesrock. Slicker than the White Stripes. Also much less interesting.

Never heard of them before. Not bad. Forgettable. 5/10

3 good tracks out of 16, and more than half of those are so repetitive they could have been one or two long songs. Easily could have died without listening to most of it.

2.5. It’s Tighten Up and an hour or so of other stuff that sounds the same.

Meh?

it's like someone grabbed a Fleetwood Mac karaoke album and then stripped all the character out of it before adding in boring vocals?

So bland and inoffensive it's torturous.

Listened a few times but this style of blues rock passes me by and soon didn't get too much out of it.