The Black Keys have released their first new music in five years.

The song, “Lo/Hi,” was recorded at singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound and is presumably the first teaser from a new album. The video for the song mostly shows the band's and the song's names, but it opens with a vintage screen shot advertising "23 Music Magazine," which aired on the former Akron TV station WAKR (Channel 23).

The Keys are reportedly slated to perform at Woodstock 50 music festival in New York in August, suggesting that the Akron-born duo is returning to active status after an extended hiatus. The band’s “Turn Blue,” its seventh album, was released in 2014 and while the band has been silent, Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney, both now based in Nashville, have both been busy.

Auerbach released a solo album, “Waiting On a Song,” and started his Easy Eye Sound label, producing and releasing several albums by lesser-known artists including Yola, Robert Finley, Leo Bud Welch and others.

Meanwhile, drummer Patrick Carney has produced an album, a tour and a son with singer/songwriter Michelle Branch. Carney also finished a long-in-the-works duo record as Sad Planets with Cleveland-based friend and singer/songwriter/journalist John Petkovic. He produced and recorded bands including Tobias, Turbo Fruits and indie rock legend Calvin Johnson, and co-wrote the theme to Netflix’s popular “BoJack Horseman” with his late uncle, musician Ralph Carney.

Malcolm X Abram can be reached at 330-996-3758 or mabram@thebeaconjournal.com.