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The Black Keys‘ Peaches! album will drop Friday May 01, and today, Dan and Patrick dropped the first single, You Got To Lose. The album’s boisterous nature belies its inspiration: Dan Auerbach wrote most of the tunes while he was caring for his late father, who had been diagnosed with a stroke and oesophageal cancer. They had an unspoken agreement that “it would be good for Dan to have something to do.”
You Got To Lose – written by Ike Turner – was recorded live with a backing band at Hernando’s Hideaway in Memphis Tennessee – with the fun dial turned up to eleven – and the minimal overdubs would appear to have resulted in the rawest Black Keys record yet.
Love, Dr. Scott James
