Vinyl Record
The Black Keys - Delta Kream
The Black Keys - Delta Kream on 2LP vinyl. A 2021 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.
2LP ยท 2021
Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.
Buyer notes: 2021 2LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.
Delta Kream is The Black Keys stepping back into the hill-country blues that sat underneath their earliest identity. After years of bigger productions and arena-scale hooks, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney made a record of covers associated with figures such as Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Burnside, joined by musicians with direct links to that tradition, including Kenny Brown and Eric Deaton. The result is not a museum exercise; it is a loose, affectionate session record that treats repetition as trance and groove as memory. The songs are familiar to blues listeners, but The Black Keys approach them with the ease of musicians returning to first principles. Crawling Kingsnake, Going Down South, Do The Romp and Sad Days, Lonely Nights do not need elaborate reinvention. They need feel, space and the right amount of grit. Carney's drums keep the pocket unflashy, Auerbach's guitar tone stays raw and vocal, and the performances stretch in a way that recalls a room of players rather than a tightly edited rock product. Delta Kream matters because it makes the band's influences audible without apology. It reconnects their commercial success to the older, regional blues language that originally made their two-piece attack feel so potent.
The album matters because it reframes The Black Keys as students and carriers of North Mississippi hill-country blues, not only as modern rock hitmakers. It is a reminder that the band's swagger began with deep blues repetition, rough tone and rhythmic hypnosis.
This is the Black Keys title to own when the shelf needs the roots of the band made explicit. It pairs well with their early Fat Possum-era records and with albums by Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Burnside, because it points directly back to that lineage.
Loose hill-country blues rock with hypnotic repetition, raw guitar tone, unfussy drums and a live-room feel shaped by older Mississippi blues material.
Recommended for: Black Keys fans interested in the band's blues foundations; Collectors of modern blues-rock records; Listeners exploring Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Burnside connections.
Is Delta Kream made up of original Black Keys songs? No. It is a covers album focused on blues material associated with artists such as Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Burnside. Who plays with The Black Keys on Delta Kream? The album features musicians including Kenny Brown and Eric Deaton, both connected to the hill-country blues tradition behind the songs. What is the mood of Delta Kream? It is loose, raw and groove-heavy, with long hypnotic blues patterns rather than polished pop-rock structures.