The Black Keys’ breakthrough into the rock mainstream came with last year’s album Brothers, which included hits like Tighten Up and Howling For You. Whilst that album was brilliant, El Camino is even better. The twosome’s dirty blues-rock has been honed and sleeked up with the help of producer Danger Mouse, and they have delivered an album of eleven massive rock tunes, full of energy, building-sized riffs, pounding drums and huge choruses. That two people can make such a racket is quite astounding, and that they can keep it up over the course of a whole album even more so. Every track is as brilliant as the last and the songs have clearly been made with intention of rocking the arenas they now routinely fill like they have never been rocked before. Mission accomplished.
Rating: 9/10
Top Tracks: Lonely Boy, Gold on the Ceiling, Sister, Nova Baby
Release Date: 6 December 2011
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