The Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney has revealed the duo are ready to return to the studio in the summer to begin work on the follow up to their sublime 2011 album ‘El Camino‘.
“We booked some studio time for two weeks in July,” he explained to Spinner. “So I know we’re going to start working on the next album in a couple of months.”
In the interview, Carney also said he only makes ‘controversial’ comments in interviews to get a reaction from his bandmate Dan Auerbach.
Asked by Spinner about Auerbach’s reaction to his recent spate of comments, which included singling out Nickelback as the reason for the ‘death of rock and roll’, Carney said: “That’s usually why I end up saying retarded shit sometimes, is just to get a rise out of him.”
“I didn’t mean to single out that band,” he continued on those Nickelback remarks. “I tried to apologise. I don’t want to seem like I don’t stand by my comments from earlier. Whatever. It’s like someone acting surprised that I don’t like a band like that. It’s like them being surprised that I don’t watch The 700 Club every Sunday. What the fuck?”