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Genre: alt rock |
“A Dustland Fairytale,” “Joy Ride,” “Spaceman,” and “A Crippling Blow.”
Coming from the Killers, Day & Age is a mix of both the old and new. They’ve fully grown into their unique mix of Southwest-folk-set-to-electro-pop and allowed that confidence to show in their lyrics. So instead of the superficiality of their debut Hot Fuss and the confusion of Sam’s Town, The Killers are far more coherent (isn’t that an oxymoron?) and thus more interesting. Day & Age still extols the gawdy glories of Las Vegas, but the listener gets some fascinating glimpses at the personalities that make up the band underneath all the noise. “Losing Touch” is a surprising song to start the album with, but well worth the insight.
I already feel like this review is bare for the grandiosity that is this album, but I’ll sum it up in as few words as possible: The Killers are back and making a little more sense than usual.
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It might be just me, but I really love “I Can’t Stay”. It’s probably my favorite track on this album.
Posted 10 Dec 2008 at 1:40 pm ¶@ andy: I don’t think you’re alone in that, but it’s not my personal favorite. I mean, The Killers + steel drums? My brain’s about the explode.
Posted 10 Dec 2008 at 8:37 pm ¶That’s the best bit! They should use steel drums in all their tunes from now on.
Seriously though, this is the only one I like, some of the other songs (i.e. Joy Ride) sound pretty horrible. IMO. More use of steel drums would definitely improve them
Posted 11 Dec 2008 at 10:03 pm ¶Post a Comment