Kings Of Leon - Mechanical Bull

Artwork

Tracklist
01. Supersoaker
02. Rock City
03. Don't Matter
04. Beautiful War
05. Temple
06. Wait For Me
07. Family Tree
08. Comeback Story
09. Tonight
10. Coming Back Again
11. On The Chin

The album will be released on September 23rd. It has been preceded by the single Supersoaker, and a free download (when you pre-order the album) Wait For Me - but you can listen to that here. They have also played Don't Matter live.

The deluxe edition will feature two other songs, Work On Me and Last Mile Home.

Kings Of Leon To Air New Single

Kings Of Leon will be airing their new single, Super Soaker, on BBC Radio 1 (19.30 BST) on Wednesday. The single is the first one taken from their new album, Mechanical Bull, due out September 23rd over here in Europe (24th in the USA).

Kings Of Leon Announce Sixth Album

Kings Of Leon have revealed that their sixth album will be titled Mechanical Bull, and that it will be released on September 24th. The announcement came from Jimmy Fallon, who revealed the information on his show. No other details are known at this point.

Best Of 2010 - #20

Kings Of Leon - Come Around Sundown



Kings Of Leon were going up in my estimations. I joined on the Kings Of Leon bandwagon after Because Of The Times, listened to their old albums and thought they got better with time, which was proven correct with Only By The Night (at least, for me, but I like more mainstream stuff anyway). Then I was expecting more from Come Around Sundown, but it just doesn't deliver. The band sound like they've tried to keep a relatively mainstream sound while pleasing older fans and it just doesn't work.

That's not to say there aren't any good songs on the album. The opening trio, consisting of the epic The End, the first single Radioactive, and the best song Pyro, starts the album off in huge fashion. Tracks five through seven are also decent songs, but from there nothing hits home bar the massive closing track Pickup Truck and, to a lesser extent, Pony Up.

Overall, I was slightly disappointed by this album, but still provided some good songs. Hopefully the more hardcore fans will enjoy it.

SCORE


Previous albums: Youth And Young Manhood (4/10), Aha Shake Heartbreak (5/10), Because Of The Times (7/10), Only By The Night (9/10)

Hear Radioactive Now

If you go to Kings Of Leon's official website, you can see the video for their upcoming single Radioactive. The single is due out October 11th, and the album Come Around Sundown is out the week after.

Kings Of Leon - Come Around Sundown

Kings Of Leon's fifth album, Come Around Sundown, is due out October 18th. The album will be preceded by the single Radioactive on October 11th. The video for this single is due September 8th and the song will be released to radio on September 13th.

The artwork for the album:


And the tracklist:
01. The End
02. Radioactive
03. Pyro
04. Mary
05. The Face
06. The Immortals
07. Back Down South
08. Beach Side
09. No Money
10. Pony Up
11. Birthday
12. Mi Amigo
13. Pickup Truck

Radioactive, Mary, The Immortals, Back Down South and Pickup Truck have all been played live.

New Look

Welcome to the new look Music Madness!

Hopefully updates will become a bit more regular this time round!

Quick rundowns on upcoming albums will be up soon:
The Hoosiers - The Illusion Of Safety (16th August)
Klaxons - Surfing The Void (23rd August)
One Night Only - One Night Only (23rd August)
Interpol - Interpol (6th September)
Brandon Flowers - Flamingo (6th September)
Kings Of Leon - Come Around Sundown (18th October)

Best Of 2008 (#4)

4. Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night


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