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| Ew |
 For divas, crooners, and tiger tamers of a certain age, Las Vegas is the superlative third act in a long, sequined career. But what does the city mean to a band of sharply tailored twentysomethings whose musical heroes are more New Order than Wayne Newton? On their third album, Vegas-bred foursome the Killers have laid their fingers firmly on the neon-Neverland pulse of their hometown. Amid references to the Sierra Nevadas and ''the heat of the Southwest sun,'' singer Brandon Flowers and the band construct an album that is one-third Duran Duran glam (the go-to mode of the Killers' four-times-platinum debut, 2004's Hot Fuss), one-third Bono majestic (see slow-burning but surprisingly gratifying 2006 follow-up Sam's Town), and one-third fresh retro (shades of Roxy Music and Hunky Dory-era Bowie). The epic, synth-framed first single, ''Human,'' is typically Flowers-y in its sometimes-shaky lyric reach, though his Bryan Ferry-esque vocals are gratifyingly supple and expressive. (Blog wars have already been waged over the song's referential chorus; for the record, it's ''Are we human/ Or are we dancer,'' not ''denser'' — via Hunter S. Thompson, that crazy coot.)...full text |
| Musicomh |
| Brandon Flowers and his mates in The Killers have always split critical opinion since they first burst onto the music scene in 2004 with the thrilling Mr Brightside. Their debut album Hot Fuss was a mixture of terrific highlights and some decidedly ordinary tracks, while they went all Bruce Springsteen on our arses on the patchy follow-up Sam's Town. Whatever the artistic merits of their albums The Killers have never had trouble shifting major league units, and have long since transcended their indie roots in reaching a stadium rock level of success. The burning question is, have they refound the mojo that gave us songs as greats as Mr Brightside, Somebody Told Me and When You Were Young? Day & Age sees the band teaming up with UK producer Stuart Price aka Les Rhythmes Digitales, a canny operator who is now on quick dial for some of the world's leading artists. This is not the first time Price and The Killers have worked together - they teamed up on the Christmas single Don't Shoot Me Santa and several tracks from the odds and sods collection Sawdust....full text |
| Spin |
| Hunter S. Thompson would not have liked this album. Which isn't saying much, considering he spent the majority of his time face-up spewing vitriolic rants about these shallow kids today and their endless entitlement. "A generation of dancers," he once seethed. And yet, this quote has inspired a boastful band from Las Vegas to bow their heads and once again make a respectably vivacious dance-rock album. When Brandon Flowers sings, "Are we human or are we dancer?" on "Human," Day & Age's stylishly spry lead single, he speaks from experience; the Killers' first two LPs essentially split their personality. Hot Fuss (2004) introduced the boys as irresistibly tarty, retro new wavers, the best that Britain never had to offer. Sam's Town (2006) lobbied for everyman gravitas with Americana indulgence and pseudo–Bruce Springsteen proselytizing (driven over the edge by Flowers' new, Luxor-size ego). The sincere-sophomore-album trap has claimed countless glossy bands, but now the Killers largely rein in the excess and find a connection between their two extremes....full text |
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