The Killers - Day & Age

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Apr 21, 2018 Sold Date

Jan 13, 2018 Start Date

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Artikel Name: Day & Age
Genre: Rock englischsprachig Produkt Typ: LP (Vinyl) Label: Universal US Titelanzahl: 10

Trackliste LP - 1

Killers, The - Losing Touch 4:15 Killers, The - Human 4:10 Killers, The - Spaceman 4:45 Killers, The - Joy Ride 3:34 Killers, The - A Dustland Fairytale 3:45 Killers, The - This Is Your Life 3:41 Killers, The - I Can't Stay 3:06 Killers, The - Neon Tiger 3:05 Killers, The - The World We Live In 4:40 Killers, The - Goodnight, Travel Well 6:51

Beschreibung

The Killers' great gift is that they -- and in particular their frontman, Brandon Flowers -- are drawn to camp, piecing together sounds that don't seem to belong together. All this weighed the Killers down on Sam's Town, their Americana theme park of a sophomore album, but on its 2008 sequel, Day & Age, the band shrinks the canvas and brightens its palette, opting for a big sound over big themes. Day & Age has style for miles and miles, exceeding even their debut, Hot Fuss, in its stainless-steel gleam. If anything, Hot Fuss was a little too monochromatic in its obsession with '80s synth rock, a criticism that can hardly be leveled at Day & Age, which stitches together sounds with an almost blissful abandon. Anchored in dance-rock though they may be, the Killers no longer sound like mere disciples of New Order and Duran Duran: emboldened by the left turns of Sam's Town, the Killers will try anything, goosing "Losing Touch" with growling saxophones, creating a Strokes disco for "Joy Ride," flirting with worldbeat à la Vampire Weekend on "This Is Your Life," dancing the bossa nova on "I Can't Stay," and riding a tight, soulful rock & roll groove on "The World We Live In," bringing it close to a mad fusion of Steve Miller's "Abracadabra" and Hall & Oates' "Private Eyes." Like before, it's impossible to tell if such improbable juxtapositions are intentional or accidental, but given the overall tightness of Day & Age, it feels as if the Killers do indeed mean to create these oddly pleasing pop pastiches. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Stephen Thomas Erlewine