el camino...
как-то отвлёкся, перестал следить за творчеством одного из самых любимых своих и сравнительно недавних открытий - группы The Black Keys. а зря - сегодня узнал, что в конце прошлого года они выпустили альбом El Camino, добились наконец полноценного коммерческого успеха и чуть не надорвались последовавших за этим гастролях, часть которых пришлось отменить.
альбом получился отменным, хотя и менее "гаражным", чем их более ранние работы (IMO). вероятно, сказываются и профессиональная студия, и желание самих ребят делать более "взрослую" музыку. что ж, более взрослой она и получилось, на мой взгляд, опять же. в паре вещей ностальгическое ухо уловило даже какие-то ленноновские интонации.
в общем, настоятельно рекомендую слушать...
ps кстати, для любознательных, тех, кто, как и я, не равнодушен к машинкам, особенно американским:
[El Camino (click to open)]
The album was named after the Chevrolet El Camino, a coupé utility car.[13][20] The inspiration came from the band sighting an El Camino while driving in their tour bus in Canada in 2010, though Carney admitted that the title was selected "as a joke".[12] "El camino" is Spanish for "the road" or "the path". The band found out the phrase's meaning after selecting it as an album title, and they joked about the record taking on deeper meaning afterwards.[20] Andy Gill of The Independent said of the title, "it's a nod to the pilgrimage of dues-paying, the months of one-night-stands in tiny Midwest towns which hone raw talent into rock'n'roll gold."[21] Michael Carney, the duo's art director and Patrick's brother, was initially hesitant about the title.[22] Patrick recounted the conversation with his brother about selecting the title and artwork:
I told my brother the idea and my brother was like, "You know, if you name the record El Camino, everybody's going to think of the car the El Camino." And I was like, "Yeah exactly. That's the fucking point!" And he was like, "OK, but why don't we just put a car on the cover that's not an El Camino?" And I said, "OK, what kind of car?" He says, "Just put the first car you guys ever toured in on the cover."[12]
The vehicle in the cover image is a Plymouth Grand Voyager similar to the navy blue one that the group toured in for the first year and a half of their career.[21][23][24] Commenting on the puzzled reaction the group received to putting an image of a used van on the cover of an album named for a muscle car, Michael said, "That's the reaction we were going for. It didn't work in Europe because they don't know what an El Camino is over there, so it made perfect sense to [Americans]."[25] Patrick compared the appearance of Akron to the cover image, calling his hometown "A busted up parking lot with a busted up car."[22] The interior sleeve booklet for the album features images of various vans from Akron, Ohio,[20] including those produced under the brands Ford, Chevrolet, Chrysler, and Dodge.
источник: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Camino_(The_Black_Keys_album)
.