Four years after the release of their landmark debut in 2004, MTV VMA Award-winning, Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum Island Records group The Killers have completed their fourth album - and first new studio album in two years - DAY & AGE, featuring the new single, "Human" debuting worldwide September 22nd, while the digital single will be released September 30th. The new album hits stores November 25th - two days before Thanksgiving.
DAY & AGE was produced by Stuart Price, a key figure in electronic music (Les Rhythmes Digitales) who previously worked with The Killers on "Don't Shoot Me Santa," their 2007 Christmas single; as well as music on their 2007 compilation, Sawdust. Over the past five years, Price has worked as a producer, mixer, programmer, and keyboardist, including The Killers' "Mr Brightside" remix which was Grammy Nominated.
The Killers - Brandon Flowers on vocals and keyboards, guitarist David Keuning, bassist Mark Stoermer, and drummer Ronnie Vannucci - found time to complete their new album while also wrapping up their biggest summer rock festival season in the U.S. and abroad. Historic headlining gigs at England's prestigious Leeds and Reading fests coincided with an appearance on the cover of NME's August 8th issue. Earlier in 2008, the Killers took home top honors for Best Band of the Year and Best Track of the Year ("Tranquilize") at the annual NME Awards USA gala, at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on April 23rd.
DAY & AGE comes one year after the release of Sawdust (November 2007), a 17-song collection of previously unreleased session tracks, B-sides, rarities and one-offs. The album was assembled at a recording studio in New York's Hell's Kitchen, where the Killers worked with Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer Lou Reed two recordings. Two singles and videos were issued: "Shadowplay" (from the motion picture soundtrack of Control, Anton Corbijn's biopic of Ian Curtis), and "Tranquilize".
The Killers' RIAA platinum second album Sam's Town (October 2006) debuted at #2 and spun off two hit singles: the #1 Modern Rock "When You Were Young," nominated for Grammy Awards for Best Rock Song and Best Short Form Music Video; and "Read My Mind," the band's first #1 at Triple-A. Their worldwide 5 million-selling debut Hot Fuss (June 2004) was the longest-running rock album inside the top 50 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for all of 2005, logging 94 weeks on the chart - 53 of those inside the Top 50. The album spun off four solid hit singles - the Grammy-nominated anthem, "Somebody Told Me," the VMA-winning (and Grammy-nominated) "Mr. Brightside," the Modern rock hit "Smile Like You Mean It," and the Grammy-nominated "All These Things That I've Done."
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
next step in the grow of a good band:
I first off should say I never thought that I would see this band make it to a third major release,after The Horrible (your mother should b beaten for allowing to make this cd ) last one...This is a well structured cd ,it does lose some steam about four songs in but then picks up and closes strong ..this should of been the second cd or the second cd of atwo disc set for the second release Sams town..then again that one really sucked..Here you hear a growth of the pop sound they are cultivating..that is not... more info
It has saxophones:
In my experience, use of saxophones signifies the end of a rock band's creative days. Hot Fuss was terrific, and I enjoyed the musicality of Sam's Town if not its pretense. This, however, is garbage - a stew of aimless synths and lyrics so bad I can't bring myself to sing along even while alone in the car. Seriously, the words are a combination of cliche and senselessness that could only have been concocted by 1,000 Hindi-speaking chimps on iMacs. Take the worst song on Sam's Town (probably Bones) x 10 and... more info
Well...:
ok. i have always find the killers a little... random. thats kidna why i like them so much. this album is prettty darn random. and WIERD. i mean, are we human or are we dancers?? if you like song with meanings that relate to everyday life.... this album was not like that at all to me. i listened to it while doing a billion other stuff. i never just sat down and listened like i do with some other music. its jsut... background. I liked the album. and i have listened to all there other stuff. just... i dont... more info
"Candy apple red dress bleeding when she kissed me...":
Day & Age by The Killers is not as catchy as Hot Fuss or Sam's Town but it's pretty darn close. I was kind of disappointed the first couple of times when I heard this album but by the third listen, the songs became more authentic and irresistible. The only track I cannot get into is the closer, Goodnight, Travel Well - this song is sort of boring and goes nowhere. I have the iTunes version so I have two bonus tracks, Tidal Wave and Forget About What I Said, very good songs, they sound like Hot Fuss... more info
