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The bluesy Black Keys hail from Ohio, but it sounds like their musical souls emerged from the swampy South, kicking up hunks of mud as they amble rhythmically across this earthy terrain. After the Black Keys recorded five studio albums, vocalist/guitarist Dan Auerbach released a solo album in 2009; then the duo reunited for BlakRoc, a project that paired the Keys with hip-hop heavyweights. Brothers finds the duo of Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney returning to the two-man format (with select appearances by previous collaborators). From the jump, "Everlasting Light" gets Brothers moving with a kinetic groove, and Auerbach breaks into a falsetto that's later echoed on the seriously soulful "The Only One." Danger Mouse, who produced the Keys' previous full-length, returns for "Tighten Up," which incorporates funky whistling and stuttering drumrolls. Two tracks ("Electric Mud" and "Howlin' for You") and the album's artwork pay homage to Chicago blues icons Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. However, Brothers peaks with its cover of "Never Gonna Give You Up" -- not Rick Astley's uber-pop ditty, but rather the sultry soul song popularized by Isaac Hayes.
