Brothers by The Black Keys

A guitar and drums duo playing old school bluesy-rock, who turn out not to actually be siblings despite calling their album Brothers - where do they get their crazy ideas from, eh? Comparisons with another duo aside, it turns out that these two have actually been friends since childhood and this album saw them working out some emotional fallout caused by drummer Patrick Carney having just been through a painful divorce. They managed to sort themselves out and work out their problems through their music.

As might be expected, they have a distinctive sound with echoes of early 70s (and earlier) blues rock focussing mainly on guitar and drums, with some keyboards thrown in for a bit of variety. They had previously worked with producer Dangermouse (of Grey album fame) and he returns here on one track, adding to the retro sound. It’s not revolutionary, but I enjoyed it enough to give it a perfectly respectable 3 stars.