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Dan Auerbach Plays You “My Last Mistake”

Keep It Hid out February 10th on Nonesuch

On his solo debut, Black Keys singer and guitarist Dan Auerbach takes a simple approach: “I just wanted to do the things I loved.” For Auerbach, that means combining elements of bluegrass a la the Stanley Brothers, mournful country balladry, Memphis-style R&B, fuzzed-out psychedelic rock and low-down blues on this collection of 14 original tunes, which Auerbach self produced and recorded with friends and family at his newly built studio, Akron Analog. “It’s all just soul music,” he says, and Keep It Hid is soulful indeed.

As a songwriter, Auerbach likes to prowl the dark end of the street; his gritty, impassioned vocals lend dramatic heft to these tales of romantic betrayal and suspicious minds. For this Akron, Ohio native, his state has always been blue.

Auerbach, like a more roots-oriented version of Tom Waits, mixes black humor with genuine poignancy in his lyrics and concocts some artfully oddball arrangements. He likes to crank it up on tracks like “I Want Some More” and the Bo Diddley beat-driven “Street Walkin’.”

But he isn’t afraid to keep things gentler, more intimate on songs like the aching, acoustic-blues opener, “Trouble Weighs A Ton,” and the unabashedly sweet “When the Night Comes,” a duet with protégé Jessica Lea Mayfield, possessed of a voice as full of character as Auerbach’s own (and a fellow Ohioan whose abum was recorded in Aerbach’s studio). “My Last Mistake,” despite its morose words, has the happy pop swing of a classic Sir Douglas Quintet track, with just the rollicking organ missing.

The Black Keys are revered for their “two-man stomp,” as Auerbach calls it. On his solo disc, though, Auerbach goes in a more expansive direction, working with a full band and tackling a wide variety of instruments himself. With engineer Mark Neill, he employed analog gear to record and mix. In fact, “Whispered Words,” which Auerbach co-wrote with his dad, was cut in mono. Vintage effects, however, are a means, not an end, helping Auerbach get down on tape the remarkable sounds mixing it up in his head 24/7. He’s planning to get those tunes on the road, too, embarking on his first solo national tour this February, backed by Hacienda, an Austin band he’s long admired, who will also serve as support act, along with Those Darlins.

KEEP IT HID TRACK LISTING
SIDE A
Trouble Weighs a Ton
I Want Some More
Heartbroken, In Disrepair
Because I Should
Whispered Words
Real Desire
When the Night Comes

SIDE B
Mean Monsoon
The Prowl
Keep It Hid
My Last Mistake
When I Left the Room
Street Walkin’
Goin’ Home
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DAN AUERBACH ON TOUR
Feb 28 – 9:30 Club – Washington DC, Washington DC
Mar 1 – Paradise Club – Boston, Massachusetts
Mar 2 – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, New York
Mar 3 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, New York
Mar 5 – Beachland Ballroom – Cleveland, Ohio
Mar 6 – Metro – Chicago, Illinois
Mar 7 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mar 10 – The Showbox – Seattle, Washington
Mar 11 – Wonder Ballroom – Portland, Oregon
Mar 13 – Bimbo’s – San Francisco, California
Mar 14 – El Rey Theatre – Los Angeles, California

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