Stuck-in-my-head Sunday: Next Girl

The Black Keys are a two-man band with a huge sound. They've been providing the world with their funky-ass, bluesy rock since 2001 and have done so with a very impressive might. The band's (self-produced!) first album, The Big Come Up, introduced the dudes to a noteworthy amount of success, despite them being a band so new. Over the next nine years, The Black Keys would continue to record albums whose contents would be featured in movies, on television, and in video games, but it's 2010's album, Brothers that holds the easily-relatable track, Next Girl.

I had intermittently heard (but not necessarily listened to) The Black Keys over the past few years. I knew who they were, and I'd noticed a few tracks on the radio every now and again, but I failed to ever lend their sounds a fully-engaged ear. After hearing @mlejanderson speak enthusiastically of The Black Keys upon multiple occasions, I made the decision to set time aside to actually pay attention to their music. I first studied (and quite enojyed) Attack & Release. I loved feel of the album and upon listening to the others, I found that that feeling carried over from one album to the next. When I landed on Brothers, though, I couldn't get off. I actually anticpated dedicating this post to the entire Brothers album, but, in order to stay consistent with the theme of SIMHS, I deemed Next Girl the dominating track.

Song: Next Girl

Artist: The Black Keys

Album: Brothers

Genre: blues rock

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