Ceramic Animal's Chris Regan: "I love that the guitar has the power to knock you on your ass or make you cry"

Ceramic Animal, the Doylestown, Pennsylvania-born rock band, are one of the latest groups to collaborate with The Black Keys’ frontman and guitarist, Dan Auerbach. The band – along with acts like The Velveteers and Yola – have enjoyed learning from and working with the Grammy-winning bluesman. And that means, of course, a focus on guitar work. 

The band, who released their latest LP, Sweet Unknown, in March, deliver a sound that jives with Auerbach’s aesthetic and history. Throughout the album, Ceramic Animal blend Americana, rock and blues with buzzy six-string sounds and poignant lyricism. 

Perhaps the biggest standouts on the new record are the propulsive I Can’t Wait and shadowy I Love a Stranger. But whatever your pleasure, each has Auerbach’s fingerprints all over them.