Black Keys' frontman Dan Auerbach and Jack White might want to watch their backs: the 22-year old Florida-raised, New Orleans-based guitarist and singer Benjamin Booker is muscling into the blues-rock league. On this debut, his prickly, raspy voice coats forlorn songs about longing and self-discovery that have an almost evangelical take on life's moments of drudgery. Singing with a maturity beyond his years, he crafts hooks that pay homage to Robert Johnson, Sam Cooke and the shambolic punk he grew up listening to. Single Violent Shiver is a blustering, rollicking explosion of guttural guitar, while I Thought I Heard You Singing creaks along with an aching, understated intimacy. Booker masterfully evokes elements of fiery rock'n'roll and teary-eyed blues, summoning up a Sister Rosetta Tharpe-like rawness over soul-inspired organ stabs and thrashy guitar licks. When Booker goes for the heartstrings, he pulls hard. Auerbach and co, consider yourselves warned.