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The Black Keys will be returning with new album Delta Kream, their tenth studio album, which will be released 14 May on Nonesuch Records. Alongside the announcement, the band have shared the album’s first single, ‘Crawling Kingsnake’.

The new track has previously been recorded by a number of blues artists, with The Black Keys saying that their version is “definitely Junior Kimborough’s take on it”. The country-style guitar solo rolls with confidence and boasts a deep knowledge of the genre.

This isn’t The Black Keys’ first take on Mississippi blues, but it certainly feels like their most confident.

Here, they explain their choice to make an album of covers:

“We made this record to honor the Mississippi hill country blues tradition that influenced us starting out. These songs are still as important to us today as they were the first day Pat and I started playing together and picked up our instruments. It was a very inspiring session with Pat and me along with Kenny Brown and Eric Deaton in a circle, playing these songs. It felt so natural.”

Delta Kream tracklist:

1. Crawling Kingsnake (John Lee Hooker / Bernard Besman)
2. Louise (Fred McDowell)
3. Poor Boy a Long Way From Home (Robert Lee Burnside)
4. Stay All Night (David Kimbrough, Jr.)
5. Going Down South (Robert Lee Burnside)
6. Coal Black Mattie (Ranie Burnette)
7. Do the Romp (David Kimbrough, Jr.)
8. Sad Days, Lonely Nights (David Kimbrough, Jr.)
9. Walk with Me (David Kimbrough, Jr.)
10. Mellow Peaches (Joseph Lee Williams)
11. Come on and Go with Me (David Kimbrough, Jr.)

Delta Kream arrives 14 May via Nonesuch Records.

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