Flowers seems to be looking the best he ever has been since ever.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Sunday, September 24, 2017 1:35 AM
Dangerously so.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 24 September 2017 13:57 (six years ago) link
they is written about
https://www.spin.com/featured/killers-wonderful-wonderful-cover-story-sept-2017/
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 18:43 (six years ago) link
fuckin Mormon
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 September 2017 00:57 (six years ago) link
Are we killer or are we dancer?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 28 September 2017 01:01 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtF7_oZ65bw
featuring lindsey buckingham
instantly one of their best songs ever?????
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 12 March 2020 16:31 (four years ago) link
fuuuuuck
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 12 March 2020 16:34 (four years ago) link
simon!!!!!
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 12 March 2020 16:39 (four years ago) link
listening now. KD lang and Weyes Blood and Blake Mills are slso on this album?!
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 12 March 2020 16:47 (four years ago) link
*also lol
and yes this rules
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 12 March 2020 16:48 (four years ago) link
i know he's credited with the solo but those quick acoustic strums in the chorus are soooo lindsey
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 12 March 2020 16:54 (four years ago) link
nothing against Johnny Marr but I wish the Manics were the North American openers :( I'd consider going, assuming gigs start happening again by...October
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 12 March 2020 16:55 (four years ago) link
i have listened to this six times in a row
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:08 (four years ago) link
also the lyrics are ABSOLUTE NONSENSE never change brandon flowers
fond memories of playing "Spaceman" for a songwriter friend of mine and asking her to interpret the lyrics, by the end we were almost teary with laughter
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:12 (four years ago) link
I had fun assembling this lil reverse chronological all-deep-cuts playlist for ppl who only know them as a (mostly pretty great) singles act
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4QuvM3HibuCLu9etFakXrE?si=ZMTSGlDYTASXBnvnsZBhTg
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 12 March 2020 18:16 (four years ago) link
Yes!! That wee guitar strum sounds like She Sells Sanctuary
― the article don, Thursday, 12 March 2020 19:38 (four years ago) link
oh my god this song lmao
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 March 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link
i love it when this ridiculous band hits the mark so well, this is one of their best
― ufo, Friday, 13 March 2020 06:47 (four years ago) link
Simon you forgot “Spaceship Adventure” from Yo Gabba Gabba
― El Tomboto, Friday, 13 March 2020 15:04 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nx24VAjK6Q
shaping up to be the best killers record
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 24 April 2020 13:25 (four years ago) link
lol that sleeve
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 April 2020 13:28 (four years ago) link
this rules and the production is the best they've ever sounded. hope they can keep it up for the rest of the album even though they've never managed much consistency before
― ufo, Friday, 24 April 2020 13:38 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE7jCzWwbxw
three for three!
― ufo, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 06:40 (three years ago) link
this is gonna be their best album????????
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 15:11 (three years ago) link
also alert imago i guess because weyes blood has a writing credit on one of the album tracks
― ufo, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 15:16 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-2jJq7Z7Qs
this is absolutely going to be their best album by a fair way
― ufo, Friday, 14 August 2020 05:44 (three years ago) link
It is.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 August 2020 09:31 (three years ago) link
have you got a review copy? i'm glad to hear the singles aren't a fluke then
― ufo, Friday, 14 August 2020 09:33 (three years ago) link
Yep. They're as ridiculous as ever but more consistent about it.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 August 2020 09:47 (three years ago) link
this album is so good! the start of "lightning fields" is so blue nile which i didn't expect at all. all the arrangements are so rich
it's just bizarre they a released an album so clearly their best at this point in their career, a fair way past their commercial peak. like, who does that?
― ufo, Thursday, 20 August 2020 23:55 (three years ago) link
it's good!
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 21 August 2020 10:00 (three years ago) link
alfred as usual that is one hell of a review
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 21 August 2020 10:27 (three years ago) link
thank you!
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 21 August 2020 10:29 (three years ago) link
I was driving around and heard a very Springsteen-y song and it turned out to be a Killers track. I figured it was from the album where they went all Springsteen-y (Sam's Town? Is that a Killers album?), but unless I misheard it was new, so I guess they went all Springsteen-y again?
Anyway, I'm intrigued. The Killers are one of those bands (like, I dunno, Death Cab for Cutie) that have always released singles I'm happy to hear but no albums I want to listen to. But Pet Shop Boys meets Bruce Springsteen is a pretty unbeatable combination in the JiC household.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 August 2020 12:40 (three years ago) link
i don't think they ever really stopped being springsteen-y once they started, but they're certainly better than ever at that on this album
this is the first time they've made a record that's all killer no filler and it's not just that it's more consistent, the arrangements are so much richer than anything they've done before.
― ufo, Friday, 21 August 2020 12:48 (three years ago) link
Also sounds a whole lot like Future Islands (shared influences I'm sure, but still).
This is the first time that the Killers have sounded listenable to me.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 21 August 2020 17:13 (three years ago) link
this album is Ridiculous
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 21 August 2020 17:28 (three years ago) link
If I had a record store I would have a section that says "Ridiculous." And then when someone asks for a band like the Killers or Blue Oyster Cult (for example) I would say, oh, they're over there, under "Ridiculous."
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 August 2020 17:36 (three years ago) link
otm
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 21 August 2020 17:37 (three years ago) link
there's a total blue nile thing happening in "lightning fields"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 21 August 2020 18:40 (three years ago) link
oh yeah ufo mentioned it upthread lol
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 21 August 2020 18:41 (three years ago) link
at 3:19 in lightening fields, the song time-travels to a mid '90s alt-rock radio station.
― america's favorite (remy bean), Friday, 21 August 2020 19:00 (three years ago) link
fire and bone is talking heads but david byrne is less of a dick
pls somebody remix 'my god' with erasure's 'always'
― america's favorite (remy bean), Friday, 21 August 2020 19:12 (three years ago) link
listened to a bit, I hear quite a bit of the last The War on Drugs album, the synth Springsteen action
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 21 August 2020 20:57 (three years ago) link
"always I wanna be with my god and make believe with my god and live in harmony, harmony, oh love!"
has a certain ring to it
― geoffreyess, Friday, 21 August 2020 21:28 (three years ago) link
A couple of songs on this sound like the War On Drugs if dude were shameless instead of shy.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 August 2020 22:33 (three years ago) link
Also, giving this album more attention right now, I think the title track kind of sucks.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 August 2020 22:43 (three years ago) link
for some reason I just....can't, with this one, at least not today
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Friday, 21 August 2020 23:09 (three years ago) link
it's very impressive and i expect to love it eventually but i was feeling similarly
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 21 August 2020 23:12 (three years ago) link