The Killers reveal new album details

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by Ashraf Dumile, pictures by Gary Wolstenholme [Edit this content] ▾ 22 comments 14:33 August 8th, 2008

According to reports but not confirmed by the band, Nevadan stadium-fillers The Killers have announced the title for their forthcoming third record, due later this year.

After recently finishing work with haggard pop icons Madonna and Seal, producer Stuart Price has been working with the act on their follow up to the Sam’s Town (review), entitled Day and Age.

Songs believed to be on the record include ‘Spaceman, ‘Neon Tiger’ and the apparently Orbison-influenced ‘Tidal Wave. You can take that fairly literally given the way frontman Brandon Flowers revealed he was listening to Bruce Springsteen prior to recording last time round.

Expect an airing when the quartet perform at this year’s Reading and Leeds festival appearances.

Here’s some footage of said ‘Neon Tiger’:

The Killers ‘Neon Tiger’ Highline Ballroom, NYC (29/07/08)

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Literally

Killers + Orbison + Stuart Price = Potential Awesome / Wankfest.

This is the most almost great but maybe terrifying news I've ever heard.

snow_brigade | 8 Aug '08, 14:56 | X | Reply

The Killers

or the Kills?

jammin | 8 Aug '08, 15:05 | X | Reply

wow

that is a lot of typos

moderaterock | 8 Aug '08, 15:18 | X | Reply

he always looks so...

awkward! poor little man. does he actually enjoy himself?

bother | 8 Aug '08, 15:39 | X | Reply

maybe

he struggles to breathe in that small waistcoat. he should get a personal tailor.

bother @bother | 8 Aug '08, 15:40 | X | Reply

does anyone care anymore

the first album had a few good songs but the second was crap based on the singles.,

Aidan78 | 8 Aug '08, 15:48 | X | Reply

i must say,

i have a soft spot for the killers, in all probability i wouldn't buy a record by them, but considering how big they are they could easily be a whole lot shitter. they have some cracking little toons in the back-catalogue.

mozzarella_sweaters | 8 Aug '08, 15:48 | X | Reply

Roy Orbison!

The thought of Mr Flowers trying to sound like the big O fills me with the fear of God.

MrSib | 8 Aug '08, 15:49 | X | Reply

theyre headlining Reading

i think a lot of people still care.

Dexter-Vagrant @Aidan78 | 8 Aug '08, 15:57 | X | Reply

SERIOUSLY?!?!?!

before sam's town came 'a hundred miles off' by the walkmen, which was really dylanesque and more inline with american rock like springsteen

now, the new walkmen record You & Me, here's a blurb on insound.com

You & Me is a solid and complex collection of inspired songwriting. Romantic and celebratory, this is the sound of The Walkmen returning to classic form. The music that influenced the Walkmen to compose You & Me follows in a tradition of song writing that traces back to early rock'n'roll: the intimacy and energy of Elvis Presley's and Buddy Holly's early recordings, and the massive voice and orchestration of ROY ORBISON.

*sigh*, they'll never get big, will they?

jon_davies01 | 8 Aug '08, 16:39 | X | Reply