from the Nonesuch press release:
The Black Keys’
new album, Turn Blue, will be released May 13 on Nonesuch Records. Produced by
Danger Mouse, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, Turn Blue
features 11 new tracks including the first single, ‘Fever’, which can now be heard at
theblackkeys.com,
YouTube and Soundcloud. The single is also on sale – alone or as a free instant download with album preorders – at
theblackkeys.com/turnblue; the LP, CD or digital version
may also be ordered as part of ticket and T-shirt bundles at the band’s site. Digital pre-orders are available at
iTunes.
The Black Keys will headline the Hangout Festival in Alabama on May 16 before embarking on an extensive European festival tour this summer. See reverse
for complete track listing and tour details.
Turn Blue
was recorded at Sunset Sound in Hollywood during the summer
of 2013 with additional recording done at the Key Club in Benton
Harbor, MI and Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound in Nashville in early 2014. Of
the new album, the band says
Turn Blue could refer to:
A: Suffocation
B: Sadness
C: Numbness from extreme cold
D: A Cleveland late night TV host from the 1960s named Ghoulardi
E: All of the above
Moreover,
Carney comments, “We are always trying to push ourselves when we make a
record – not repeat our previous work but not abandon it either.
On this record, we let the songs breathe and explored moods, textures
and sounds. We’re excited for the world to hear
Turn Blue.”
This is the eighth full-length album from the duo and follows 2011’s critically and commercially acclaimed
El Camino, which is now certified RIAA Platinum. Internationally,
El Camino is Gold in Belgium, Spain, Italy and Holland; Platinum in Ireland, France and the
U.K.; and double Platinum in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. The record also resulted in three awards at the 55th annual Grammy Awards – Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song, and Best
Rock Album. The band now has a total of six Grammy Awards including three in 2010 for their breakout, RIAA Platinum album,
Brothers.
