Well I was working in Target the other week and saw something that caught my eye. Yes, The Killers had finally come out with their "much anticipated" new album. I'm not the biggest fan of them but I enjoyed Hot Fuss and so I picked it up. It was only ten dollars. It couldn't be too bad of a buy.
The ensuing listens were, to put in a word, lackluster. Hot Fuss, while not breaking new ground, was a refreshing step into a quasi-mashup of 80s music with modern rock. They had some new ideas and melded them pretty well with a retro twist. Then Sam's Town came along, and while I haven't heard the whole album I do enjoy a few songs off of it. But it seems that somewhere in the past couple years The Killers seem to have lost some momentum. The CD starts with an acceptable opener and probably my favorite song on the album. But after that, the songs just start blending into one blurb of sound. None of the tracks seem to have much of an identifiable stint to them, making it seem like you're listening to one 40 minute song with some time changes. I didn't find any "single" on the album; I can't tell you a single one that stood out to me. Props to them for using instruments that don't usually find their way onto a rock album, but in all honesty it didn't help much.
That's not to say that the CD is unlistenable. It's a very polished product. It just seems like the same formula remixed ten or eleven times with different twists to make an album.
Music: 6/10 Nothing groundbreaking. Nothing noteworthy. But nothing terrible.
Vocals: 5/10 Brandon seems to have lost his edge. Or he decided to not show it. His voice was pretty monotonous throughout, and I came away unimpressed in his talents as a vocalist.
Accessibility: 6.5/10 Anyone can listen to it and hear some pretty cool stuff. But it grows tired and starts wearing on you.
Overall: 5.5/10 If you're a big fan of The Killers then I hear this album is good. But if you don't really follow them or aren't blown away by their previous work then I would reccomend avoiding this one. Like I said, it's not bad music. It just isn't something I'd choose to listen to too much and definitely not anything special.
1 comment:
whats interesting is Brandon said he had a voice lesson right before making this album and he thinks it helped alot, I don't see it. and asking if we are human or dancer is retarded. i wouldn't feel human if i didn't get to dance, while doing dishes, to embarress kids, etc. i heard what he said it means, it's still lame.
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