In the studio with The Killers (Battle Born news) 

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In the studio with The Killers

Las Vegas band played five songs from his upcoming album, "Battle Born" in the studio in his home town.

By Tobias Tall



Gaffe meetings vocalist and keyboardist Brandon Flowers and bassist Mark Stoermer in their own studio Battle Born, located in the band's extravagant home town, Las Vegas. The studio shares its name with one of the songs on the band's upcoming album, which was Gaff eavesdrop on the same occasion. The studio is nice and relatively small and intimate, and is where several of the band members' solo initiatives have taken shape, and where the Killers recorded their last studio album, "Day & Age". When Gaff came to visit in early June, the killers almost done with his upcoming album, where a number of top-shelf manufacturers have been sitting at the controls. "All but Timbaland," a smiling Flowers puts it. Five leaves were played, which showed that The Killers have gone back to the guitar sounds of "Hot Fuss" and "Sam's Town", but even more so to the synth-oriented sound on "Day & Age". You hear clearly both the band britsike roots, as well as traces of the icon Bruce Springsteen.

- Ale albumen we have made so far has been a natural reaction to the previous album. This time it's been almost four years, and with "Battle Born" we've tried to create an album that sums up the band and pull out items from our previous releases, says Flowers.

Great expectations

They definitely have something to live up to. All their previous three albums have contained massive hits, such as "Somebody Told Me," "When We Were Young" and "Human," to name just the most obvious songs from killing the men's discography. The Killers have placed somewhere between the organic and the mechanical, between guitar rock and retro synthpop, which also shines through on the new songs.

The first song, and possibly the first single, called "Runaways" and the epic and melodic filed with string intro, melancholic chorus, marching drums and a pair of heavy guitar chords, with references to U2 as well as before the said Springsteen. "Miss Atomic Bomb" begins in a gentle and controlled corner, and feels like an extension of the songs from "Day & Age". "Here With Me" is a love song that starts with a piano intro, vocals and strings, and is somewhat surprising produced by rock legend Brendan O'Brien. In "Flesh & Blood" can seriously listen to The Killers' affinity with Coldplay, a blood bond that is evident in the chorus. The last track Gaff hear is "Heart of a Girl," a sonorous heart / pain-ballad with the icon Daniel Lanois at the helm.