![]() ![]() ![]() Brothers can still get mighty trippy - the swirling chintzy organ that circles “The Only One,” the Baroque harpsichord flair of “Too Afraid to Love You” - but the album is built with blood and dirt, so its wilder moments remain gritty without being earthbound. The studio, not to mention the artwork patterned after such disregarded Chess psychedelic-era relics as This Is Howlin’ Wolf’s New Album, are good indications that the tough blues of the Black Keys earliest records is back, but the group haven’t forgotten what they’ve learned in their inwardly psychedelic mid-period. ![]() Retreating from the hazy Danger Mouse-fueled pot dream of Attack & Release, the Black Keys headed down to the legendary Muscle Shoals, recording their third album on their own and dubbing it Brothers.
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