The Black Keys "Turn Blue" (2014) **1/2

I've said it before - I certainly don't mind that The Black Keys don't have their raw edge anymore. I liked their last 2 albums a lot (I gave El Camino 4 stars). Looking back at my thoughts on that album, I wish I could say that all the same applied to Turn Blue, but sadly it doesn't come close. This isn't an outright bad album, it's just not very interesting or exciting. It reminds me of Modest Mouse's Good News For People Who Like Bad News  at times (barf). I've listened twice through so far and it's probably going to be the Black Keys album that I visit the least (if ever).

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