The Killer's "Day and Age"

[halo7]

I liked Sam's Town more than most people and obviously was a fan of Hot Fuss. This looks like a best of both worlds situation so I am really looking forward to it.

I especially like the song Spaceman:

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[Where's my elephant?]

Yeah, Sam's Town had great production values to it since Flood (U2/Achtung Baby,Smashing Pumpkins/MCIS,Depeche Mode/Violator,Songs...Devotion) produced it.

[PsYkOoOoO]

Hot Fuss was addictive almost instantly, while Sam's Town definitely took some time to stick. The Killers is definitely one of the few mainstream bands that I like now. Looking forward to the new album.

[Justin]

I don't care for them much, but I really enjoyed their cover of Joy Division's "Shadowplay" and "Read My Mind" -- very impressive stuff.

Any recommendations for other songs?

[EnderDeschain]

That's a bad-ass tune in that video. There's something awesomely distinct about that dude's voice and the way he uses it. I got Hot Fuss not long after it came out and dug it, especially "Everything Will Be Alright" and "Andy You're A Star", but I never picked up Sam's Town. I did get Sawdust, though, and it's one of those albums that I can listen to every song over and over again and never get tired of. "Tranquilize" is downright ****in epic, and "Romeo & Juliet" is one of those ones that strikes such a chord that it makes me teary (despite the sort of corny beginning). That album is tremendously underrated. I know it isn't a studio album, it's a collection of B-sides and covers or whatever, but still it should get more attention than it does.

[Boro]

"Human"

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Any recommendations for other songs?


from Hot Fuss:
Jenny Was a Friend of Mine, Mr. Brightside, Smile Like You Mean it, Somebody Told Me, All These Things That I've Done, On Top, Can I Change Your Mind, Midnight Show, Believe Me Natalie
from Sam's Town:
When You Were Young, Bling (Confessions of a King), For Reasons Unknown, My List
from Sawdust:
Tranquilize, Under The Gun, Sam's Town [Abbey Road Version], and then the Mr. Brightside remix at the end

[donny]

I like that one quite a bit. I thought Spaceman was alright, but I really enjoyed this one. Excited for the new one. I enjoyed both albums equally.

[PsYkOoOoO]

Has it been released yet?

[Boro]

looks like "Human" has been taken down from Youtube...

Are you asking about "Human" or "Day and Age?"
"Human" will be available for download on the 30th, and the album comes out November 25th.

[PsYkOoOoO]

November 25th, got it!

Thanks!

[donny]

looks like "Human" has been taken down from Youtube...

That's weird that it won't play here. But, it's still on youtube.

[Boro]

I think he just re-uploaded it, the address is different.

here it is again if you can get to it before it gets taken down:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFm4tgq5d2M

[halo7]

So I watched SNL to see them perform last night. I thought they did really well. They performed "Human" and "Space Man" and I thought both ended up great.

[CitizenSteel]

damn, I missed them.

has Space man been released? can't fnd it.

[halo7]

As far as I know it hasn't been released.

[halo7]

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Video of their SNL peformance of Spaceman.

[mathmajorss]

Spaceman hasn't been released? i have watched it

[donny]

Here are two of the songs

Joyride
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Losing Touch
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First review

The Killers: Day And Age World's first track-by-track review

musicradar.com

Early success can be a ***** sometimes. The Killers have always had a lot to live up to after they came out of the box, fully formed, on 2004's Hot Fuss, an irresistible razzle-dazzle debut.

Hot Fuss will pay Brandon Flowers and company's bills for years to come. Yet it's also an album that could have fans bugging him in restaurants asking: "How come you can't write a song as good as Mr Brightside anymore?"

The Killers' 2006 second album, Sam's Town, didn't help. No longer content to make the dancefloor quake with dandyish fashionista charm and neon beats, main songwriter Flowers wanted to connect emotionally.

He wanted to make Big Statements along the lines of Bruce Springsteen and U2 (tellingly, Flood and Alan Moulder, both of whom had worked with U2, helped produce). Sam's Town saw Flowers cranking up the epic storytelling like a man constantly watching The Grapes Of Wrath while Springsteen's The River played in the background.

Day And Age isn't just The Killers' best album. It's one of the best records of 2008.

Such grand ambition can sometimes be folly, especially when scale obscures eloquence. And detractors duly complained that Sam's Town saw The Killers losing the plot.

As a transition album, Sam's Town did some heavy lifting, and at least proved The Killers were not going to rehash the winning formula of Hot Fuss. In interviews, Brandon Flowers even claimed they wanted to be "the next U2."

Here's the thing, though: with Day And Age The Killers exhibit the smarts to pull off that leap into mega-stardom. Day And Age: album of the year?

The Killers' Day And Age has all bases covered. It captures the emotional anxiety of late 2008 with a startling directness. There's also plenty of rocking, stomping beats to fill dancefloors. And there are melodies to fill your head and invade your soul.

Produced by Stuart Price of Les Rythmes Digitales, it's full of buzzing horns, glorious synth atmospherics, gargantuan guitar breaks and epic impulses.

Day And Age isn't just The Killers' best album, it's one of the best records of 2008.

Day And Age is released 24 November (25 Nov, US).

Here's MusicRadar's exclusive review.

The Killer's Day And Age: track-by-track

Losing Touch -- A rousing Bowie-like groove driven by honking saxophones and ping-ponging keyboards that kicks things into high gear. Brandon Flowers' voice is smooth and full as he intones "You made your home/ and you made your way back home/ like a roving vagabond, I'm losing touch." Dave Keuning makes his presence felt with a soaring guitar lead.

Human -- A gentle, phased, clicky guitar riff opens this gorgeous nod to the gentle side of '80s new wave. "Cut the cord/ are we human/ my sign is virtual/and my hands are cold/ are we human, or are we dancer?" Flowers asks in a plaintive, melancholy manner. Then the song gallops off into a Cure-meets-U2 arena shaker.

Spaceman -- Shades of Queen grace this piston-pumping, fast-paced rocker. A perfect driving song - big drums, big hooks, and a wall of sound.

Joy Ride -- The best Bryan Ferry song that Bryan Ferry never wrote. A sensuous, funky beat punctuated by Stones-like sax, biting guitars that tear through the choruses and a melody that hooks you on the first listen. The middle-eight is breathtaking. In fact, the entire band seems to grow more energized as the song progresses. Fun stuff.

A Dustland Fairytale -- After a delicate keyboard intro, Brandon Flowers' vocals are appropriately fragile. But as the song swells, with jabbing cellos that seque into a double-time rage, Flowers opens his heart and his throat. This is a large-canvas narrative with a sound to back it up. Flowers' literary chops are developing in an exciting way.

This Is Your Life -- African tribal chanting and harpsichord are strange musical bedfellows, but they spin a magical web on this spacey yet thumping track. Dave Keuning's echo-laden guitar and Flowers' barbiturate voice pulls you into an utter trance.

I Can't Stay -- A delicious Caribbean beat propels this stunner that features sax, harp and a gently strummed acoustic guitar. A song to sit back and drift away to until a dramatic middle-eight makes you bolt upright and go, "Wow!" Steel drums ride the song out in smashing style.

Brandon Flowers has developed into a world-class vocalist, full of passion.

Neon Tiger -- With little fanfare, this mid-tempo grinder gets going and doesn't let up. The instrumentation is perhaps the sparest we've heard yet from The Killers, but the middle section is a marvel of dramatic intensity.

The World We Live In -- Melodrama that isn't overwrought or cloying is tricky to pull off. But Flowers' heavily affected, double-tracked voice is a thing of strange beauty here. He's developed into a world-class vocalist, full of passion and searching for the kind of truths that only the finest singer-songwriters can. Although the band provides gutsy support, Flowers owns this untamed monster.

Goodnight, Travel Well -- Just as U2 concluded their arguable masterpiece, Achtung Baby!, with a descent into darkness on Love Is Blindness, here too, The Killers bring the curtain down with a seven-minute ride into a nocturnal dreamland. Forlorn and ominous, Flowers sings, "The universe is standing still/and there's nothing I can say/ there's nothing we can do now…nothing we can do now." Get ready for a crushing crescendo in which he's on the floor, begging "Stay!/ don't leave me/ the stars can't wait for you!" Drummer Ronnie Vannucci lets loose with a flurry of crashing cymbals that'll leave you breathless and wondering, it is still night or have we reached the dawn?

http://www.thekillersfansite.com/dayandagetrackreview.html

The Killers claw their way back on recent rave reviews

The Killers already had a "guilty pleasure" status when the '80s-leaning synth-rockers made themselves harder to like by aping Bruce Springsteen on 2006's embarrassing "Sam's Town." But the Las Vegas pretty-boys' forthcoming album, "Day and Age," is already getting rave advances. Can they claw their way back to pseudo-respectability? Find out when they play Magness Arena on Jan. 17. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($35- $49.50, Ticketmaster)



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Cannot wait.

[CitizenSteel]

sounds very promising

[Boro]

The entire album is up on youtube. At this point 'Goodnight, travel well' is definitely my favorite. I'll probably be picking this up next Tuesday, and if not Wednesday when I go home.

[donny]

Yeah, I listened to it. Like that track as well. I think I'll need to listen to it more, but as of now, while I do like it, it's my least favorite of the 3 albums.

My rankings of the 3 albums actually go in order of release (for now). I like 'Dustland Fairytale' and 'I Can't Stay' quite a bit, though.

[CitizenSteel]

man I'm dissapointed with the album, not as good as hot fuss nor sams town. These guys just keep getting far away from the sound that people liked them for in Hott Fuss.

the whole thing is underwhelming. Even Sawdust was better then this.

[Where's my elephant?]

I'm really digging Joy Ride the most thus far.

[casablanca3]

man I'm dissapointed with the album, not as good as hot fuss nor sams town. These guys just keep getting far away from the sound that people liked them for in Hott Fuss.

the whole thing is underwhelming. Even Sawdust was better then this.

i think thats the point, that they are trying to get away from doing the same thing every single cd and trying something different. nevertheless, i agree with you hot fuss and sams town are better but i do love this album. i applaud artists who are willing to change their sound and try new things like coldplay and kanye west instead of making the exact same thing every album like acdc

[CitizenSteel]

its one thing to sound different but changing to the point where you're not recognizable...its just offputting. I'm just very dissapointed in the album.

I'm not saying they have keep rehashing "somebody told me" every single album, but i really miss the upbeat feel of thier songs.

[Justin]

"Human" isn't upbeat?

[CitizenSteel]

no its not.they're trying too hard to be like U2. I liked thier original sound alot more.

upbeat:hott fuss,sams town,sawdust.

Day and Age=U2 wannabee, not my cup of tea.

i want something like take me to the place where the white boys dance,pretty faces, on top. etc.

[Justin]

They sound more like Depeche Mode and New Order than they do U2. Last I checked U2 didn't utilize too many electronics.

[CitizenSteel]

regardless, still don't like day and age.

[DAN!]

They sound more like Depeche Mode and New Order than they do U2. Last I checked U2 didn't utilize too many electronics.

that is a pretty good comparison.

[kyle_argyle]

i'm liking it...it's got kind of a funky/dance vibe. i like how they seem to be able to tweak their sound for each record.

[Where's my elephant?]

They sound more like Depeche Mode and New Order than they do U2. Last I checked U2 didn't utilize too many electronics.


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