(January 10, 2015 at 10:10 pm)DeadChannel Wrote: @Rexbeccarox:
Turn Blue was much less compulsively listenable and doesn't really add a lot to the genres that it's working on. Song are longer, hooks are weaker etc.
But it does a good enough job at it. I'd like to see the new direction being pursued. First song totally rips off pink floyd, though.
Oh, btw, I saw them in concert a while ago
Like I said, they're arguably my favorite band. Turn Blue is way over-produced, and they lose themselves in it because DangerMouse is a control freak. It worked for them in Attack and Release, Brothers, and El Camino, but I felt they gave him WAY too much control on Turn Blue. I've seen Black Keys live seven times, and live is definitely their forte. My favorite album is Magic Potion, which, IMO, is raw but still refined and has no stupid extras like Danger Mouse as a producer. They don't need him.
The BlakRoc album is fucking amazing, too.
