I loved Because Of The Times, not so much their earlier work, but this new album is truly fantastic. After hearing Sex On Fire, I was hooked. From the slow opener, Closer, to the vocal-led Cold Desert, the album never lets up.
Closer is a rather odd song about vampires, but it's a good opener. The heavy Crawl follows it up, with the powerful guitar part really getting to you. Then comes the best song, Sex On Fire. It sounds so simplistic, yet is so catchy and brilliant. Congratulations to the Kings, they've created a masterpiece.
Use Somebody is equally as brilliant, with Caleb Followill's voice going really high while singing "You know that I could use somebody, someone like you..." and the oh-oh-oh sound afterwards really makes this a great Kings song. The fifth track, Manhattan, sounds quite sad, but every instrument does their job well on this song.
Revelry is a slow song, but is nevertheless brilliant, with Caleb's vocals execelling while singing "dreaming of revelry...." (NB. His vocals are brilliant, they're just even better here.) 17 follows up with a rather sexual story involving Spanish tongues... but still a good song.
Notion is one of my favourites, because its guitar part is really catchy, and again, the singing is great. I Want You is an odd one, and just doesn't seem like it's part of the album. It's nevertheless a good song.
Be Somebody is great, with the bass line really coming through, and changes to a higher pitch for the chorus which is a bit unexpected, which is what makes this song so good. Then the album ends with Cold Desert, a slow vocal-led song which really shines - and just when you think it's over as it fades away, it comes back ten seconds later to finish off again... odd but good.
SCORE: 9/10
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