Released 12/02/2011Lonely Boys, indeed. After the Keys' breakthrough album "Brothers" they have officially become an Arena act and that added special importance to the next album. Starting off with the T-Rex inspired "Lonely Boys" the Keys lay the groundwork for an album that harkens back to their previous efforts...you know, the ones that turned you onto the band originally and you felt you were the only one that was into them and that was special. Not so special was the "Brothers" album where you felt they were really trying to reach out to the mainstream and everyone else would start liking them (even though it was a great album).
No fear. "El Camino" calls up the best of "Brothers" and their early efforts. I wasn't so sure about "Little Black Submarine". Isn't the Led Zepplin acoustic-beginning-into-electric-ending one of the biggest rock cliches around? But damn, it works. Credit some of that to Danger Mouse. He seems a good match for Dan and Patrick. This album rocks.
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