The Black Keys label debut for Modular Recordings is packed, tracked, signed, sealed and ready to deliver fresh from the bands home in Akron, Ohio. Titled Magic Potion, you will be able to taste the duos musical treats with the release of their album from September 2nd, 2006.

Magic Potion is the bands fourth full-length release. Despite its title, Magic Potion is ironically the sound of The Black Keys getting their signature sound down to a science - its the band at their heaviest, grittiest and most powerfully stripped down. From the nasty, sweaty strut of the albums first single, Your Touch, to the sublimely narcotic devotional ballad Youre the One on down to the stomping, house-rocking call to arms Modern Times, The Black Keys have made the finest recording of their career.

A lot has changed since Dan Auerbach (guitar/vocals) and Patrick Carneys (drums) early days when they were unemployed and mowing lawns to get by. Albums have been recorded; relationships have been busted; tour transportation has been upgraded from a compact car to a passenger van and the bands gone from playing empty clubs to selling out huge halls and festivals.

The Black Keys have been praised by critics, fans, and musicians ranging from Robert Plant to Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke, who specifically requested that the Keys accompany the band as their opening act this past June. But strangely enough, things have also stayed the same: Dan and Patrick are still living in Akron, still barbecuing with their families, and still kicking up holy rackets of earth-shaking fuzz and booming percussion in basements. Magic Potion, in addition to being a hell of a rock and roll record, serves as a raised glass to the bands home.

As Dan says, The idea was for people to be able to sit on a porch in Akron with a can of beer and blast the record through a boom box. Only history and the people of Akron will be able to tell if Magic Potion passes that particular test, but if the Keys have anything to say about it, theyre going to be tireless in their mission of bringing the gospel of Akron to the world. People can depend on Pat and me to play music and be around for life, Dan says, adding. We have to: Its the only the job skill we have.

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