Welcome back to Thrak Attack! What's your adventure? Well it's that time of year again! The time when Jack White puts out an album and a few weeks later The Black Keys do as well to piss Jack off. "Help Us Stranger" came out two weeks ago and this week's review is for "Lets Rock" by the Black Keys. No news this week, summer blog posts are always tough to do so I like make it short sweet and to the point, so let's get rocking!
"Lets Rock" by the Black Keys is the band's 9th studio album and it shows. It shows the boredom the band has accrued from performing the same style and the same type of music for almost 20 years now. I really like the ideas of some of the songs such as "Shine A Little Light", "Walk Across the Water", and "Sit Around and Miss You"; but even though these songs are wonderfully written they are not well performed on the album.
The vocals sound jaded and bored even on the heavy hitting rock tunes or emotional blues tunes. They just seemed bored with what they're performing. The three songs I mentioned before are the ones that stick out to me because they either are beautifully written songs or have killer guitar parts. The drums are fine but there is nothing new or spectacular about anything on this album and that makes me bored and sad.
They say rock music is dead but that's because the ideas involved with traditional rock music are dead. The sound of classic rock and metal and grunge are dead. We need something new, I believe the reason why this album is boring is because the Black Keys believe themselves one of the last few rock bands that are playing the classic rock sound but we've had almost 60 years of that sound, let's find something new.
Due to the bland nature of this album with only 3 memorable songs on it, this album is not going on my ultimate shelf. I truly wanted it to be but it just doesn't hold up. In the battle between Jack White and the Black Keys, Jack White wins yet again!
Thank you for sticking with Thrak Attack and reading! This summer is a little hectic but a few more weeks I'll be back to my normal schedule and the videos, blog, and podcasting will be a little more regular. Next week I will finally get to see Spider-Man: Far From Home which will close out the MCU's Phase 3 officially so we shall see what Marvel has in store next!
All the Best, Ross
"Lets Rock" by the Black Keys is the band's 9th studio album and it shows. It shows the boredom the band has accrued from performing the same style and the same type of music for almost 20 years now. I really like the ideas of some of the songs such as "Shine A Little Light", "Walk Across the Water", and "Sit Around and Miss You"; but even though these songs are wonderfully written they are not well performed on the album.
The vocals sound jaded and bored even on the heavy hitting rock tunes or emotional blues tunes. They just seemed bored with what they're performing. The three songs I mentioned before are the ones that stick out to me because they either are beautifully written songs or have killer guitar parts. The drums are fine but there is nothing new or spectacular about anything on this album and that makes me bored and sad.
They say rock music is dead but that's because the ideas involved with traditional rock music are dead. The sound of classic rock and metal and grunge are dead. We need something new, I believe the reason why this album is boring is because the Black Keys believe themselves one of the last few rock bands that are playing the classic rock sound but we've had almost 60 years of that sound, let's find something new.
Due to the bland nature of this album with only 3 memorable songs on it, this album is not going on my ultimate shelf. I truly wanted it to be but it just doesn't hold up. In the battle between Jack White and the Black Keys, Jack White wins yet again!
Thank you for sticking with Thrak Attack and reading! This summer is a little hectic but a few more weeks I'll be back to my normal schedule and the videos, blog, and podcasting will be a little more regular. Next week I will finally get to see Spider-Man: Far From Home which will close out the MCU's Phase 3 officially so we shall see what Marvel has in store next!
All the Best, Ross
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