Turn Blue was recorded at Sunset Sound in Hollywood during the summer of 2013 with additional recording done at the Key Club in Benton Harbor, MI and Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound in Nashville in early 2014. Mojo says the album 'underlines the fact that The Black Keys are the most vital rock band in the world right now.' Rolling Stone calls the album 'a giant step into the best, most consistently gripping album the Keys have ever made.' Produced by Danger Mouse, Dan Auerbach, and Patrick Carney, Turn Blue features 11 new tracks. The Black Keys’ new album, Turn Blue, was released May 13, 2014, on Nonesuch Records. Come on and Go with Me (David Kimbrough, Jr.).Sad Days, Lonely Nights (David Kimbrough, Jr.).Poor Boy a Long Way From Home (Robert Lee Burnside).Crawling Kingsnake (John Lee Hooker / Bernard Besman).The album takes its name from William Eggleston’s iconic Mississippi photograph that is on its cover. Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney recorded Delta Kream at Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville they were joined by musicians Kenny Brown and Eric Deaton, long-time members of the bands of blues legends including R. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough, among others. The record celebrates the band’s roots, featuring eleven Mississippi hill country blues standards that they have loved since they were teenagers, before they were a band, including songs by R.
On May 14, The Black Keys release their tenth studio album, Delta Kream, via Nonesuch Records.