The Black Keys
El Camino
Nonesuch Records/Warner Music
Rating: 8.5/10
For me and many others, the name El Camino is synonymous with the Chevrolet model of half car, half truck from back in the day. While growing up, our neighbour's daughter, Wendy, used to drive a suped-up black one with a red racing stripe down the side. The thing was a beast...... Our entire block would shake whenever she turned the engine over!
However the actual term, roughly translated from Spanish, means
the road or path.
Fittingly, The Black Keys - singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney - have travelled an interesting path to arrive at this particular point of their now ten-year career. And the picture of an old beat up van on their new album's cover is similar to the one the duo travelled in during their early touring days, so their newest release is symbolic of a "this is how far we've come to get here" type vibe.
