The Killers Release New Single

The Killers have released a new single, Shot At The Night, to announce the release of their greatest hits collection, titled Direct Hits, due out on November 11th. The album will include 13 singles, along with this new one and Just Another Girl, another new song.

Best Of 2012: #9

#9 - The Killers - Battle Born

This album is probably the most frustrating of all albums released this year. It comes so close to being perfect. Ten out of the twelve songs on it are untouchable, but there are two that massively let the side down... and those are A Matter Of Time, which is completely forgettable, and Heart Of A Girl, which is just boring. I know several fans will disagree, but I much prefer cutting them out. Without them, this album would have been number 1 this year for sure. The album still sits high on the top 25 purely on the basis that the other ten songs are huge. So let's focus on the positives! I was a bit apprehensive when reports came in that it was going to be a ballad-heavy album... and it is, but my concerns were more than dealt with; just take one listen to sing-along track Here With Me and tell me you don't agree. The highlights of the album include opening track Flesh And Bone - teased with a trailer way back in June - which clearly highlights the new electronic, 80s-style direction, with a massive guitar solo to boot; Miss Atomic Bomb, a prequel to the band's first real hit Mr. Brightside (It even uses the famous guitar riff as a middle-8!); and Be Still, which is just so gorgeous and spine-tingling, Brandon Flowers' vocals reaching their peak (in fact, he shines on the entire album, but is absolutely fantastic on this particular song). There's also folk-style From Here On Out, the instant classic and first single Runaways, and the pure rock masterpiece Battle Born. So, overall, it's such a good album, but massively let down by two tracks in particular. Oh well, nothing's perfect, is it?

RECOMMEND: Flesh And Bone, The Way It Was, Miss Atomic Bomb
LOW POINTS: A Matter Of Time, Heart Of A Girl

Preview Battle Born

The Killers have uploaded previews of all twelve tracks on their new album, Battle Born, due out 17th September. You can have a listen here!

The Killers - Battle Born

Artwork

Tracklist
01. Flesh And Bone
02. Runaways
03. The Way It Was
04. Here With Me
05. A Matter Of Time
06. Deadlines And Commitments
07. Miss Atomic Bomb
08. The Rising Tide
09. Heart Of A Girl
10. From Here On Out
11. Be Still
12. Battle Born

The album will be released on 17th September, and has spawned one single so far, Runaways.

The band released an album trailer, which includes the opening track, Flesh And Bone.

The Killers Announce New Info

The Killers have announced that their new album, "Battle Born", will be released on September 17th - looks like that that day is going to be a big one for music - everything's coming out on that day! Also, the first single is titled "Runaways", and will be released on July 10th - it is currently assumed that will get its first radio play on that day in the UK too, but no details yet on that. (UPDATE: The single will be played on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show after 19.00 (BST), presumably as his Hottest Record In The World (which usually takes place at 19.30 BST)

Other tracks set for inclusion on the band's fourth album are "Carry Me Home", "Heart Of A Girl", "Miss Atomic Bomb", "The Rising Tide", "The Slot Tech", the title track "Battle Born", and "Flesh And Bone" which was previewed on an album trailer than the band released last month.

Killers Post New Album Trailer

First Bloc Party, then Muse, and now the Killers! The band have posted a teaser trailer for their new album, Battle Born, on YouTube. Have a look here. The album is due out in Autumn 2012; no specific date has been confirmed yet.

The Killers Reveal New Album Title

The Killers have revealed that their fourth album will be called Battle Born, and is set for release in autumn of this year, but there is no exact date as yet. The album will include songs such as The Slot Tech, The Rising Tide, Runaways, Flesh And Bone, Carry Me Home, Heart Of A Girl and a title track, Battle Born.

The Killers Announce Return

Well, everyone's coming back this year! The Killers have announced they are recording a fourth album. The album is set to include tracks such as Battle Born, The Rising Tide, The Slot Tech and Runaways. It is also set to be released later this year - lead singer Brandon Flowers has stated that there will definitely be a Killers release this year, probably around the second half of 2012.

Christmas Singles

The Killers, Coldplay and Hurts have all announced Christmas singles!
Here are the release dates:
30th November - The Killers - Boots
1st December - Coldplay - Christmas Lights
14th December - Hurts - All I Want For Christmas Is New Year's Day

Music News Time!

The Killers have announced plans to record an album of covers by the end of 2009, for release in early 2010. Each band member will choose three tracks to form a twelve-track album.

Friendly Fires have announced they will release a new single, Kiss Of Life, in August.

Arcade Fire are halfway through writing their third album.

Arctic Monkeys may announce the first single from their upcoming third album, Humbug. It is rumoured to be Secret Door or Cornerstone.

Best Of 2008 (#3)

3. The Killers - Day And Age



I love the new sound. Sam's Town brought them a bit off course, but this album compensates brilliantly.

Losing Touch really hits the spot as it comes in, straight in with the first chord, instead of build up, which makes this song so powerful. Then comes the lead single Human, a fantastic pop-sounding song which, despite its nonsensical chorus, "Are we human? Or are we dancer?", still shows the Killers are fantastic.

Spaceman, however, is even better than Human. A story about alien abductions - again, another odd topic, but the music's good - but the powerful chorus really gets to you. Joy Ride is an odd one. It has a sort of Caribbean sound to it (it's not the only one, but the other one works better) and the saxophone sound is unexpected, but after a while, it does turn out to be quite good.

The slow A Dustland Fairytale brings us back to the Sam's Town era (particularly with the lyrics) but it still is a good song. This Is Your Life starts oddly, with some chanting sounds before the bass kicks in, and it just goes uphill from there. I Can't Stay is the other Caribbean sounding song, but it works a lot better.

Following that is Neon Tiger, which should be the third single. It is pure Killers awesomeness. The World We Live In is a real Pet Shop Boys influenced song, and it shows that on this album, you have no idea what the Killers will come up with next. Especially when you consider the closing track. Goodnight, Travel Well is a seven minute song that starts off slow and boring and gets going towards the end, which saves it from being a bad song.

SCORE: 9/10