Thickfreakness

The Black Keys, modern day music with a classic rock feel. This blues/rock band has released numerous albums that one would expect to here decades ago. Thickfreakness is a great example of what the band is all about.

Thickfreakness, the first track on the album, sets the tone for the album. It starts with a car sound slowly bending down as a slow easy blues comes in. The guitarist proceeds to use a Jimi Hendrix like swing while soloing to the blues riff. The singer comes in with very bluesy lyrics that compliment the rest of the song

Hard Row and Set You Free change things up a little bit. Hard Row has a very basic power chord progression throughout the song. At one point in the song you almost feel like your listening to The Clash. Set You Free has a great upbeat tempo that you can't sit still and the melody is really easy to hum.

Midnight in Her Eyes instantly starts off with that "Season of the Witch" guitar clap that gets your foot tapping. It then diversifies into this whole new song with great blues licks and repetitive blues lyrics.

The next outstanding song is No Trust. This song gives you the mental picture of rolling a snow ball down a hill and having it grow into a snow boulder. Its got a very basic one note beginning and then it just builds up with a funky bass line and snare drum metronome.

Hold Me in Your Arms is one of the best slide songs I have ever heard. It starts with a very basic slide riff and then the bass and drums come in and kick the tempo up. The slide riffs get more intense as the singer brings out a melody line with his voice

The Black Keys is a great rendition to classic rock and blues.
Thickfreakness holds a solid 3.5