The Black Keys - No Rain No Flowers

The Black Keys return this August with No Rain, No Flowers, recorded in Nashville and co-produced by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney at Easy Eye Sound. Following 2024's Ohio Players, the new full-length moves yonder from jammy grooves and leans into more focused songcraft, thanks in part to collaborators Rick Nowels, Daniel Tashian and Scott Storch. It's the first time the duo have written so closely with piano-driven writer, a shift Auerbach says "clicked immediately"; Lyrically, the record is shot through with varying shades of romantic entanglement, from tender and pure to gone-awry; early singles 'Babygirl', 'The Night Before' and the newly dropped title track trace the arc.