Post by Ale on Oct 27, 2008 17:04:27 GMT -5
Gracias a Jenx en la Comunitá
"We know we're cool!"
London (VG) Killers-singer Brandon Flowers (27) thinks the band has never been better than on the new record - because they've stopped caring about what people think.
- We don't need to worry so much about looking cool anymore. We know we're cool, Flowers tells VG.
Casually sitting on the sofa in a suite near Covert Garden in London, he tells of how they are going to try to follow up the international mega-success that has made the Las Vegas group one of the world's biggest rock bands.
- We chose to make a record that is more funny, and more adventorous than the previous ones. We're done with being scared of making catchy songs, fearing how people will percieve us. This record is just the way we want it to be, and the songs are the best ones we've written, the singes says unmodestly.
"British" Americans
The Killers' first single of the new album, "Human", has already topped the VG Single Chart. The rest of the album comes out November 24. The band has been inspired a lot by, among others, The Cure, New Order, Oasis, Blur, Depeche Mode and Morrissey, and has been described as "the best british band to come out of America".
To Brandon Flowers it is a true compliment to be compared to the band that ruled when he grew up.
- We have definitely got a lot of british influences. I don't know why, but no one seems to make music like it was back then, says the 27 year old.
- We want our music to be classy, meaningful and fun, Flowers says.
But despite the international succes, The Killers have also been recieved bad reviews(or comments, hard to translate).
After breaking through with the 2004 album, "Hot Fuss", where songs like "Somebody Told Me" and "Mr Brightside" really placed the band on the map, the reception of the follow-up "Sam's Town" was more lukewarm (don't know if that makes sence, does in norwegian). Still, it sold buckets and pails - and the hit "When You Were Young" is known to be one of their best songs.
Overall twelve million copies has been sold of the two first Killers-albums, along with the b-side collection "Sawdust".
Brandon Flowers reckons one of the band's biggest challenges is not loosing contact with ground.
Wants to come back to Norway
- We're spoiled. The hotels have become better and the stages have become bigger, but we're still the same four guys.
Now he hopes there will be a trip to Norway soon for The Killers - the singer has very good memories from playing in Norway: Last year the americans made an unforgettable impression on the Hove Festival.
Brandon Flowers remembers it well.
- It was great, and the crowd gave us an experience we'll never forget. But the Hove Festival also contained a pretty awkward moment. The Killers have previously toured with Surferosa (great norwegian band=D), and are good friends with Mariann Thomassen. When the band started "Read My Mind", the Surferosa singer went onstage to sing with Flowers. Seconds later she was led of the stage by a blunt guard. Thomassen told VG she was shocked, and according to Flowers the band was also surprised at what happened.
- We had talked about her singing with us. I didn't really understand what was happending - it was a weird experience.
"Human" (single) from "Day & Age" (Island/Universal)
Pop-sensitive toffee
5/6
The Killers' single-answer to their new status as one of the biggest "soon to be super-star"-groups takes a couple of spins before the nuances come into force. "Human" opens carefully, almost tamely with a careful synth behind Brandon Flowers' vocals. Poor man's U2, you think - just when the chorus kicks in with it's extremely plain Pet Shop Boys-geniousness and to that listening lighter-factor(impossible to translate properly). The Killers continue, in other words, their blind admiration for the best of british pop music's golden years, but still with an obvious Killers-sound. "Human" is an annoyingly good pre-taste on the november-album!
"We know we're cool!"
London (VG) Killers-singer Brandon Flowers (27) thinks the band has never been better than on the new record - because they've stopped caring about what people think.
- We don't need to worry so much about looking cool anymore. We know we're cool, Flowers tells VG.
Casually sitting on the sofa in a suite near Covert Garden in London, he tells of how they are going to try to follow up the international mega-success that has made the Las Vegas group one of the world's biggest rock bands.
- We chose to make a record that is more funny, and more adventorous than the previous ones. We're done with being scared of making catchy songs, fearing how people will percieve us. This record is just the way we want it to be, and the songs are the best ones we've written, the singes says unmodestly.
"British" Americans
The Killers' first single of the new album, "Human", has already topped the VG Single Chart. The rest of the album comes out November 24. The band has been inspired a lot by, among others, The Cure, New Order, Oasis, Blur, Depeche Mode and Morrissey, and has been described as "the best british band to come out of America".
To Brandon Flowers it is a true compliment to be compared to the band that ruled when he grew up.
- We have definitely got a lot of british influences. I don't know why, but no one seems to make music like it was back then, says the 27 year old.
- We want our music to be classy, meaningful and fun, Flowers says.
But despite the international succes, The Killers have also been recieved bad reviews(or comments, hard to translate).
After breaking through with the 2004 album, "Hot Fuss", where songs like "Somebody Told Me" and "Mr Brightside" really placed the band on the map, the reception of the follow-up "Sam's Town" was more lukewarm (don't know if that makes sence, does in norwegian). Still, it sold buckets and pails - and the hit "When You Were Young" is known to be one of their best songs.
Overall twelve million copies has been sold of the two first Killers-albums, along with the b-side collection "Sawdust".
Brandon Flowers reckons one of the band's biggest challenges is not loosing contact with ground.
Wants to come back to Norway
- We're spoiled. The hotels have become better and the stages have become bigger, but we're still the same four guys.
Now he hopes there will be a trip to Norway soon for The Killers - the singer has very good memories from playing in Norway: Last year the americans made an unforgettable impression on the Hove Festival.
Brandon Flowers remembers it well.
- It was great, and the crowd gave us an experience we'll never forget. But the Hove Festival also contained a pretty awkward moment. The Killers have previously toured with Surferosa (great norwegian band=D), and are good friends with Mariann Thomassen. When the band started "Read My Mind", the Surferosa singer went onstage to sing with Flowers. Seconds later she was led of the stage by a blunt guard. Thomassen told VG she was shocked, and according to Flowers the band was also surprised at what happened.
- We had talked about her singing with us. I didn't really understand what was happending - it was a weird experience.
"Human" (single) from "Day & Age" (Island/Universal)
Pop-sensitive toffee
5/6
The Killers' single-answer to their new status as one of the biggest "soon to be super-star"-groups takes a couple of spins before the nuances come into force. "Human" opens carefully, almost tamely with a careful synth behind Brandon Flowers' vocals. Poor man's U2, you think - just when the chorus kicks in with it's extremely plain Pet Shop Boys-geniousness and to that listening lighter-factor(impossible to translate properly). The Killers continue, in other words, their blind admiration for the best of british pop music's golden years, but still with an obvious Killers-sound. "Human" is an annoyingly good pre-taste on the november-album!
pobre chica!
jiji