In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Black Keys guitarist Dan Auerbach revealed plans for a soon-to-be released solo album with his project The Arcs. “It was cut really quick in a week and a half, two weeks of recording.” Auerbach says he recorded with “a whole bunch of different people – my favorites,” but has held back from naming any of the guests. First up for the album will be a 7″ vinyl release of the first two singles, which having boxing-related themes. “Stay in My Corner” and “Tomato Can” will fittingly be released the same day as the Manny Pacquiao / Floyd Mayweather fight (May 2nd).
As far as the overall vibe of the album, Auerbach expounded “I just wanted to do my thing and get extra weird….I wanted everything to flow [and] be cohesive. A lot of the songs bleed one into the other, a lot like the Grateful Dead – my favorite records that they did. So I’ve got a lot of connected songs. It’s basically everything I love about music all wrapped up into one record – that’s all!”
He is currently in the process of creating a music video, keeping with that “extra-weird” vibe of the album. “I’m just finishing up the artwork now, working on a cartoon video with this kid who lives in Bakersfield who’s never made a video before,” Auerbach says. “Kind of ridiculous. I’m just having fun [and] basically making music with no responsibility.”
The full album doesn’t currently have a release date.