First Track, First Time - The Black Keys - "Attack & Release"

Artist: The Black keys
Album: Attack & Release
Track: All you ever wanted
Venue: Work computer, crippling self-doubt

"Ain't it just like dying, except you can still feel the same"

It opens quietly to a plodding, easy rhythm...blues-y of course. Danger Mouse seems to really understand pop music, so the Keys' sound here has the really airy sound of a late-afternoon FM blues power ballad. Its great and feels like the feeling you get after walking out of low light into the sun on a long day.

"I'll be a black bird darling,
Hanging on your telephone wire
Flap my wings over you
And set your heart on fire"

And then there's a minor explosion of loud drums and organ...this is a Black Keys album after all.

They don't get enough love these days...maybe this little blast of street cred (thanks to Danger Mouse) will set them apart from that other little two piece with the matching clothes...

PS: Uh, there's also a little laser tag game to accompany this one...cute.