#4. Dan Auerbach – Keep It Hid
Artist: Dan Auerbach
Album: Keep It Hid
Country: USA
Released: February 2009
Reviews: All Music Review
Favourite tracks: I Want Some More, Heartbroken In Disrepair, Whispered Words (Pretty Lies), When The Night Comes, Mean Monsoon, The Prowl, Keep It Hid, When I Left The Room, Goin’ Home.
So this is the singer in The Black Keys and this is his solo debut. And this is oh so good! It has a cleaner sound than The Black Keys but perhaps more raw, more desire and despair, more depth and bad behaviour (and lyrics like “if they ask you, baby, what I did, you gotta keep it hid”)