Magic Potion Review
!@(uploads/2006/10/magicpotion.jpg:L225 popimg: “The Black Keys – Magic Potion”)The Black Keys return to the record store quickly with Magic Potion after the Chulahoma EP released in May. Magic Potion returns to a more traditional rock sound, but still holds that strong deep blues sound that The Black Keys are known for. From the first track on the album, Just Got to Be, you can feel the soulful rock riff as if Jimi Hendrix was still alive and rock was still king. The album doesn’t stray from this theme of love and heartbreak, as with any blues rock blues album. Daniel Auerbach and Patrick Carney have produced one of the better records in the last couple years with their fusion of sounds. Auerbach raspy voice pains you with some of the more heartfelt or heartbreaking songs like Strange Desire and Goodbye Babylon and then backs it up with guitar work that sound so simple and elegant you feel like you could pick up your trusty guitar and start playing a little diddy, but you soon realize how talented and amazing the guitar work is on the album, especially on Just a Little Heat and Give Your Heart Away. Listening to The Flame is a draining experience but so rewarding, being one of the strongest tracks on the album. The slow drive of this song just goes straight to the bone. This album has to easily be one of my favorites of the year, and will probably compete for my album of the year. My only regret is not seeing them when they were in town recently. I am really kicking myself in the ass for that one.
[rating:4.25/5]
