The Black Keys' El Camino Goes Gold

Posted: 22 December, 2011

The juggernaut that is The Black Keys' new album, El Camino, keeps rolling, with the album going gold in Australia within a few weeks of being released.

In the US, the band's seventh lp is hitting some pretty rarefied hegiths, coming in at number two in its first week of release, second only to a Christmas album by Michael Buble, who, it seems, cannot be defeated by earthly forces.

Drummer Patrick Carney told MTV this week that he and bandmate, Patrick Auerbach, had a sense that their star was rising further than ever before in the lead up to the album, but thay they 'tried not to let it get into our heads. It definitely didn't affect the making of the album, but, you know, we were trying to take advantage of the situation, because we've been a band for a decade and the whole point, for us, was to play to as many people as possible without compromising. So we put a lot of time and effort into the new record. We've made records in 14 hours before; this one we spent 40 days on.'

Working again with producer extraordinaire Danger Mouse, the band took their time recording El Camino, focusing on the little things.

'When we started the songs, it was completely organic, but once we start going, and we get the foundation done, we really start to concentrate on the little details that sort of make it what it's going to be, because sometimes those little details can be really impactful,' Auerbach told MTV.

We can't stop listening to it. Have a listen for yourself in our player below.

Pete : 22 December, 2011

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