The Black Keys have announced details of their 14th studio album ‘Peaches!’ set to release May 1, 2025. News of the release comes just six months after last year’s ‘No Rain, No Flowers’ album.
The duo have also released the first singe from the album, a cover of Earl Hooker’s “You Got To Lose” and is accompanied by a video in which the Black Keys play a surprise show at Hernando’s Hide-A-Way, a juke joint in Memphis.
Longtime collaborators Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney return to an organic approach. Auerbach described the album as “Their most natural” “Everything was all cut live in one with no separation, including vocals,” Patrick Carney adds. “It was a nightmare to mix but we got it sounding raw and filthy.” The Akron duo’s 14th studio album (and sixth since 2019), a visceral and raw 10-song collection described by singer Dan Auerbach as the band’s “most natural record” since their 2002 debut, “The Big Come Up“. In similar DIY spirit, the album was recorded with all musicians playing in same room with few overdubs,
‘Peaches!’ was recorded with all of the musicians in the same room and includes limited use of overdubs. he album is The Black Keys’ first recorded and mixed entirely by Auerbach and Carney since 2006’s ‘Magic Potion.’
The songs chosen reflect Auerbach and bandmate / drummer Patrick Carney’s obsessive record-collecting habit, which in recent years has escalated into an ongoing series of Record Hang DJ-set dance parties where they spin vintage 45s for packed, high-energy dancefloors in the coolest spots across the globe.”
The new album’s roots were formed when frontman Dan Auerbach’s late father was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer, and drummer Patrick Carney suggested that some time in the studio might offer Auerbach some catharsis.
The Black Keys’ upcoming tour schedule continues to fill in alongside previously confirmed shows and festival appearances. After performing at Rock En Seine 2026 in France in late August, the band will head to London for two newly booked concerts.
The Black Keys Announce New Covers Album ‘Peaches!’ Out May 1, 2026
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