The new release serves as the album’s opening track, introducing the sonic story of the project and new era.
Co-written by Beck, who also worked on the band’s recent single “Beautiful People
(Stay High),” the track finds its place on an album unlike any of the band’s others,
featuring collaborations with various other friends and colleagues, including Noel
Gallagher, Greg Kurstin, Juicy J, Lil Noid, and others.
Their new documentary This is a Film About The Black Keys was released on March 11th, and was premiered at this years SXSW Festival, where the band also performed two Easy Eye Sound showcases at Stubb’s and Mohawk. Check out the trailer below…
“We’d never worked harder to make a record,” Dan Auerbach said of Ohio Players in a press statement. “It’s never taken us this long to make an album. We took our time and did it right.”
“What we wanted to accomplish with this record was make something that was fun,” Patrick Carney added. “And something that most bands 20 years into their career don’t make, which is an approachable, fun record that is also cool.”
The band heads to the UK and Ireland to debut their brand-new live show early next month. Tickets for all dates are on sale now via this link.
Overdrive has three pairs of guest list passes up for grabs and all you have to do to enter is the following:
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‘Ohio Players’ is out now. Stream the album in full here, or purchase from your local record store.
Oran O’Beirne
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