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Dan Auerbachs debut solo album, Keep It Hid, will return to physical formats next month, with the seminal 2009 collection being reissued on vinyl, cassette and CD via Easy Eye Sound the label that Keep It Hid first inspired him to create. The fourteensong debut marked Auerbachs first major work outside of The Black Keys, helping to establish his multifaceted career as a GRAMMYwinning producer, mentor to emerging talent and founder of Easy Eye Sound, which is now Billboards reigning Blues Label Of The Year. Easy Eye Sounds reissue of the longoutofprint Keep It Hid will arrive on September 29, equipped with new album art and updated vinyl variants.Keep It Hid was originally recorded by Auerbach as he was building his first home studio in Akron, Ohio a precursor to his Easy Eye Sound Studio in Nashville, where Auerbach now records and produces most of the labels current releases. Inspired by trips to many of his alltime favorite rooms from Suma Recording in Cleveland to Robin Hood in Texas to Toe Rag in London Auerbach discovered a passion for studio work that remains at the center of his musical world nearly fifteen years on. Also tapping into his love of recordcollecting and cratedigging more than ever before, Keep It Hid was inspired by forgotten 60s psych rock, obscure British powerpop, bluegrass family bands and even the lyricism of his own father, Chuck Auerbach Dan would go onto produce Chucks debut album, Remember Me, in 2018. Another major influence was Dr. John’s acidvoodoo classic GrisGris, one of Auerbachs heroes that he would go on to produce just a few years later. The resulting collection spans from echoladen garage rock “Heartbroken, In Disrepair” and fuzzscarred blues “The Prowl” to haunted Southern soul “Real Desire” and bittersweetcountry comfort “When The Night Comes”. The album was hailed as intimate and thrilling by NPRs Fresh Air upon its original release, with reviewer Ken Tucker adding it sounds like a clearing of the throat and mind.
