Killers – Day And Age
This nugget of information was posted on 10/01/09 at 9:36 pm by Simon and is filed under Album, Reviews.
Saxophones. That’s the thing I’ll take from my couple of weeks with Day and age. Saxophones. And not just any saxophones. These are ABC, Wham style brass orgies.
With 2004 debut hot fuss, The Killers had worn their 80’s anglophile influences clearly enough on the tops of their sleeves but this is more like the eighties of George Michael than Simon Le Bon.
Lyrically it’s another odd fish. where as before you may have been willing to ignore nonsensical musings such as ‘I got soul but I’m not a soldier’, with nothing quite as distracting  to attach them to ‘are we human, or are we dancer’ sits rather awkwardly.  And that’s far from the only offender.
There is some fun to be had opener Losing touch has a solid Killers feel (with added sax), Human is rousing enough but put simply there is nothing as thrilling as Mr Brightside or as purely good as Read my mind.
So will The Killers remain one of our favourite American imports in these fiscally testing times? This feels like a step back to the inspiration that birthed Hot Fuss without any of the magic of that conception.
And Saxophones.
Had a listen? What did you think?
(4 votes, average: 4.25 out of 10)
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January 11th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
If anything this album just made me listen to Hot Fuss again. Don’t get me wrong, I do quite like the new stuff. Just not as much. Perhaps University nostalgia has something to do with it… Blame that on Mr. Brightside.
January 15th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
I think we were all spoilt by Mr Brightside…and HOT FUSS in general. I know a lot of Killers fans that have bought their subsequent ramblings (as have i) and been richly disappointed (again as have i). They do seem to have lost their way ever so slightly but I think that is all too common with bands that have a big hit with their first album…complacency maybe?
January 15th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
I agree Mark – I’m much the same as you, I used to think the Killers could do no wrong – until over time they did quite a lot wrong to be honest and now I don’t really follow them at all. My love only resurges on drunken nights out when Mr Brightside blares out, but now I don’t really jump as high on the spot as I used to do – maybe that’s just old age though?