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Ohio Players is The Black Keys fourth album in five years, a momentum with a simple explanation according to Dan Auerbach: We never stopped recording. There was his and Patrick Carneys reunion, after a five-year hiatus, on 2019s Lets Rock, then the 2021 blast of Mississippi-hill-country covers, Delta Kream. A rapid-fire follow-up of new originals, 2022s Dropout Boogie, featured the duo working with outside writers for the first time: Greg Cartwright of Memphis rockers Reigning Sound and Angelo Petraglia, who has worked with Kings Of Leon and the teenage Taylor Swift. (Cartwright and Petraglia are back for Ohio Players too.)
Wed never worked harder to make a record, Auerbach says. Its never taken us this long to make an album. We took our time and did it right.
What we wanted to accomplish with this record was make something that was fun, Carney says. And something that most bands 20 years into their career dont make, which is an approachable, fun record that is also cool.
While making Ohio Players, a title inspired by the legendary Dayton, Ohio, funk band of the same name, The Black Keys were also DJing dance parties in cities around the world that they called record hangs, spinning 45s from their own eclectic and growing collections.
Mojo reports: The spirit of those parties infused the albums DNA. Thats been the fun of it, says Auerbach. Letting go a little bit.
Released: 4/5/24
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