Album Review

The Killers - Battle BornThe Killers – Battle Born

Back in January 2010 The Killers announced that they were going on hiatus as since 2004 they had been working constantly by releasing three albums in the matter of six years and touring the world constantly throughout that time scale as well, when the hiatus was announced front man Brandon Flowers put out a solo album and many people wondered if The Killers would ever reform but a mere18 months later The Killers announced that they were back working as a band and working on their forth studio album ‘Battle Born’ which has just been released.

It seems that time away from the music scene is what The Killers have needed all along as ‘Battle Born’ is one hell of a strong album where a good 10 out of the 12 tracks featured on the album could easily work as singles which is more than could be said about the bands 2006’s ‘Sams Town’ and 2008’s ‘Day & Night’ which were both met with mixed reactions from the bands critics and fans alike.

‘Battle Born’ wastes no time in delivering the goods as the opening track ‘Flesh And Bone’ opens in a big mature sounding confident way with Brandon Flowers telling a tale in such an uplifting way, the song is massive sounding, has the quirky lyrical style that many people have come to expect from The Killers and surly going to rule the airwaves once released as a single in the near future as The Killers would be silly not to release this as a single.

‘Runaways’ was the first single to be previewed from ‘Battle Born’ back in July and it proved a hit with the fans instantly and it is so easy to see why as the song is a big stadium sounding rock n roll track which flows ever so well with Brandon Flowers catchy vocals oozing in style and Ronnie Vannucci, JR drum beats standing out for all the right reasons putting ‘Runaways’ up there with the bands most successful singles.

Vocally the majority of ‘Battle Born’ is uplifting with songs such as ‘The Way It Was’, ‘A Matter Of Time’, ‘ From Here On Out’ and ‘Battle born’ standing out due to the massive stadium rock style vocals than Brandon Flowers delivers but then there are more slow paced songs such as ‘Heart Of A Girl’ and the fantastic ‘Here With Me’, with the later of the two standing out so much due to its loved up lyrical content which anyone who has spent a good amount of time away from a loved one can relate to.

I feel that The Killers have given it their all with ‘Battle Born’ the album has everything from big guitar riffs, well placed synths, soaring vocals and more importantly a collection of songs that people are going to be listening to and talking about for a long time.

5/5

Review by Trigger

 Band Members

Brandon Flowers
Dave Keuning
Ronnie Vannucci, Jr.
Mark Stoermer
 Track Listing
1. Flesh and Bone
2. Runaways
3. The Way It Was
4. Here with Me
5. A Matter of Time
6. Deadlines and Commitments
7. Miss Atomic Bomb
8. The Rising Tide
9. Heart of a Girl
10. From Here on Out
11. Be Still
12. Battle Born
 Band Related Links
The Killers Facebook
 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
- What Was That?