Caution: The Killers feat. Lindsey Buckingham

[TrueFaith77]

Lindsey Buckingham’s return to music after Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac fired him without cause from the band whose sound he created/perfected, then made libelous claims about him in the press, and, finally, left him so heartbroken he actually had a heart attack that necessitated a year of voice therapy to heal his damaged vocal chords.

Any sound he makes from here on out is a triumph.

We will rise from this Treason!

Caution: The Killers feat. Lindsey Buckingham
https://youtu.be/uU6PLP0PX2g

[David]

That’s really nice. I could really add that to my gym playlist — and then stay home from the gym because covid19.

[xhector]

This is Amazing! Lindsey is in TOP form, I hear his touch everywhere in this track, he is CREATING at the highest level.
Much needed for my spirit in these difficult days the world is facing.
I believe he will surprise us with his new album soon.

[Storms123]

So glad the creative force of that band is out there creating. More than I can say for the rest of those slugs.
Go LB

[elle]

Lindsey Buckingham’s return to music after Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac fired him without cause from the band whose sound he created/perfected, then made libelous claims about him in the press, and, finally, left him so heartbroken he actually had a heart attack that necessitated a year of voice therapy to heal his damaged vocal chords.

Any sound he makes from here on out is a triumph.

We will rise from this Treason!

Caution: The Killers feat. Lindsey Buckingham
https://youtu.be/uU6PLP0PX2g

so perfectly said!

and how amazing is that?? The Killers!?!?! i love Lindsey and i love The Killers. and i have tickets to see both tours this late spring / summer, with high probability that i won't see either the way it's going. but this collaboration made my day and my week!!!!! so happy about it! right band for LB to collaborate with!!

as far as the song, this sounds like the Killers getting back to their roots - which i mostly adored, while was not that much into their hugely successful most recent album - but this to me is not nearly as great than their older hits. still Brandon Flowers' voice is as fantastic as ever, and yes - you can hear Lindsey's touches all over that song, and a pretty classic Lindsey guitar outro at the end.

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[elle]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In addition to Lindsey Buckingham on lead single “Caution,” the Killers’ new album ‘Imploding The Mirage’ features k.d. Lang, the War On Drugs’ Adam Granduciel, Weyes Blood’s Natalie Mering, Lucius, and Blake Mills <a href="https://t.co/FmrF3a4Hrt">https://t.co/FmrF3a4Hrt</a> <a href="https://t.co/elKW1nJwFq">pic.twitter.com/elKW1nJwFq</a></p>&mdash; Stereogum (@stereogum) <a href="https://twitter.com/stereogum/status/1238133763722395649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[elle]

The Killers – “Caution” (Feat. Lindsey Buckingham)

Chris DeVille @chrisdeville | March 12, 2020 - 12:01 pm

Imploding The Mirage

The Killers announced their Wonderful Wonderful follow-up Imploding The Mirage way back in November, but we haven’t heard any music from it until now. Today the band visited Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 broadcast to debut “Caution,” the album’s lead single, which features guitar from none other than Lindsey Buckingham. They’ve also revealed the release date (5/29) and the cover art — although fan site The Killers News already dug that up yesterday, noting that it’s a 1996 painting called “Dance Of The Wind And Storm” by Thomas Blackshear. Another Blackshear painting called “Golden Breeze” serves as the single art for “Caution.”

After launching Wonderful Wonderful with the funky, tongue-in-cheek “The Man,” the Killers are returning to their earnest, bombastic classic-rock impulses on “Caution.” It’s unmistakably a Killers song, but I’m also reminded of Dire Straits and maybe even Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. As Brandon Flowers tells Lowe, “We experimented a little bit on the last album. We’re proud of ‘The Man’ and all that it did, but the heart wasn’t quite there. I was being a little ironic with ‘The Man’ and I think we’re at our best when we’re bearing our hearts, and we’re kind of doing that on ‘Caution’.”

Given the push back toward classic rock, it’s no surprise that for production the Killers turned to Grammy winner Shawn Everett (The War On Drugs, Alabama Shakes, Kacey Musgraves) and Foxygen’s Jonathan Rado (Father John Misty, Alex Cameron, Whitney). It’s even less surprising that they recruited the services of an actual classic rock icon in Buckingham, whose lengthy guitar solo closes out “Caution.” Other guests on the new LP include k.d. lang, Weyes Blood’s Natalie Mering, Lucius, Blake Mills, and keyboard work from the War On Drugs’ Adam Granduciel. Alleged influences for Imploding The Mirage include Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel alongside old mainstays like Bruce Springsteen and New Order.

Flowers, who recently moved his family to the mountains of Utah, says “Caution” relates to [extremely Sheryl Crow voice] leaving Las Vegas:

It’s sort of about having the wherewithal to listen to that angel on your shoulder, even if they’re telling you something that you don’t want to hear. And I think for me with this song was a lot about leaving Las Vegas. I was having this sort of hunch or impression that that was something that I was supposed to do for my family. And it was hard for me because I’m an ambassador for — and so it was tough for me to leave, and I thought I was able to harness that energy and there was a sort of a relief when it happened, and you kind of feel that the spirit in “Caution.”

https://www.stereogum.com/2076605/the-killers-caution-feat-lindsey-buckingham/music/

[elle]

Brandon Flowers From The Killers Fans Out Over Working With Lindsey Buckingham

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Joining Triple M to announce their new album, single and tour The Killers singer frontman Brandon Flowers told us what to expect from their coming Imploding The Mirage Australian tour.

Talking about The Killers brand new single, Caution, Brandon Flowers casually dropped that ex-Fleetwood Mac guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Lindsey Buckingham appears on the new track, bringing his iconic guitar sound and "romance" to the new tune and "cutting loose".

The first album not recorded in their home state of Nevada, The Killers new album Imploding The Mirage has a Californian sound, with influence from the band's back catalogue.

Catch up on the full interview:

https://www.triplem.com.au/story/brandon-flowers-from-the-killers-fans-out-over-working-with-lindsey-buckingham-157947


Triple M and Frontier Touring is thrilled to bring The Killers back to Australia.
Tour and ticket info available here

Imploding The Mirage is available for pre-order now, more info: www.thekillersmusic.com

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hear <a href="https://twitter.com/thekillers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@thekillers</a> frontman Brandon Flowers fan out over @lindseybuckingham working on their new album. Listen: <a href="https://t.co/XxqPV4Th3B">https://t.co/XxqPV4Th3B</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/thekillers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#thekillers</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/triplemrocknews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#triplemrocknews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/musicnews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#musicnews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/brandonflowers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#brandonflowers</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/lindseybuckingham?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#lindseybuckingham</a></p>&mdash; Triple M Rock News (@triplemrocknews) <a href="https://twitter.com/triplemrocknews/status/1238299974112165888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[elle]

https://www.nme.com/reviews/track/the-killers-caution-first-listen-a-propulsive-charge-for-the-synth-rock-horizon-2624358

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">First listen: <a href="https://twitter.com/thekillers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@thekillers</a> – ‘Caution’: a propulsive charge for the synth-rock horizon <a href="https://t.co/wjDEcKT1aU">https://t.co/wjDEcKT1aU</a></p>&mdash; NME (@NME) <a href="https://twitter.com/NME/status/1238137437471326208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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The Killers – ‘Caution’ first listen: a propulsive charge for the synth-rock horizon
The Killers' 2020 comeback comes complete with a stupendous guitar solo from Lindsey Buckingham – formerly of Fleetwood Mac

Mark Beaumont

As the nation awaits news of whether the government plans to step up the country’s sluggish coronavirus response to include a month of solid duvet days, one act that’s wasting no time in stepping up is The Killers.

Ever since the likes of ‘When You Were Young’ and ‘Spaceman’ fixed a warp drive to their edgy brand of canyon bombast they’ve had one of rock’s most powerful engines thrumming under the hood. The first single from The Killers’ forthcoming sixth album really pushes pedal to metal to see what this baby can do.

On ‘Caution’, the disco strut of ‘The Man’ and the inventive sensitivities of 2017’s ‘Wonderful Wonderful’ are set aside for a propulsive charge for the synth rock horizon, with Brandon Flowers once more out to make heroes of the downbeaten. “Let me introduce you to the featherweight queen,” he sings. “She got Hollywood eyes but she can’t shoot what she sees/Her mama was a dancer and that’s all that she knew/‘Cause when you live in the desert it’s what pretty girls do.”

Our heroine isn’t taking everything lying down though. “I’m throwing caution,” Brandon declares on her behalf as a dustbowl tornado of euphoric synths, monstrous drums and electronic bagpipes hits the chorus. “Tonight the winds of change are blowing wild and free/If I don’t get out, out of this town I might just be the one to burn it down.”

Read more: The Killers announce details of new album ‘Imploding The Mirage’ and biggest global tour to date

The Killers claim they’ve been probing previously uncharted areas of their childhood record collections for the new album, places where Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel spin slowly under blood red suns, but ‘Caution’ sounds more like an explosion of jubilance and relief that ‘Wonderful Wonderful’ is finally out of their system.

The Killers, 2020. Credit: Olivia Bee

Rather than conquer new territories it builds 50 storeys of sound on its homeland. They’ve been mining retro synthrock for almost 20 years and here is where the 1980s revival comes of age, finally encompassing everything the 21st Century can throw at it.

It all culminates in a stupendous guitar solo which – considering Dave Kuening remains absent from press photos – is probably the most exciting thing that special guest guitarist Lindsey Buckingham – formerly of Fleetwood Mac – has done since he broke the chain. Whatever The Killers are on, they should put it in the water.

[cbBen]

Anyone know for sure either way whether Lindsey's contribution was recorded before or after the heart attack?

[elle]

https://www.spin.com/2020/03/the-killers-release-caution-announce-new-album/

The Killers Release ‘Caution,’ Announce New Album
"Caution" is off their upcoming LP, 'Imploding The Mirage,' which is out in May
Emily Tan // March 12, 2020

The Killers
CREDIT: Theo Wargo/Getty Images
Earlier in the week, The Killers teased a song titled “Caution,” and now it’s finally out.

Brandon Flowers opened up about how the song was inspired by leaving his hometown, Las Vegas to Zane Lowe on Apple Music.

“It’s sort of about having the wherewithal to listen to that angel on your shoulder, even if they’re telling you something that you don’t want to hear,” Flowers said in the interview. “And I think for me with this song was a lot about leaving Las Vegas. I was having this sort of hunch or impression that that was something that I was supposed to do for my family. … And so it was tough for me to leave, and I thought I was able to harness that energy and there was a sort of a relief when it happened, and you kind of feel that the spirit in Caution, I feel like.”

The Killers also had the chance to work with Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham on “Caution,” which drummer Ronnie Vannucci said was an experience to witness.

“He did all the sort of famed tricks where we were recording to tape, so we slowed the tape at half speed or quarter speed, and then he did guitar playing,” Vannucci said. “And so that’s how you get those sort of crystal-ly high tinkle sounds. And then he just slayed a solo at the very end of it. And at that time, the song, we didn’t really have an ending for it, so it just kind of went on. But his solo was just too good. So we just made the ending as long as his solo. So that’s why it’s so long.”

The band also announced the release of a new album, Imploding The Mirage, their first new music since 2017. The new album brings a number of collaborators including Buckingham, k.d. lang, Natalie Mering from Weyes Blood, Adam Granduciel from War on Drugs and Lucius.

Imploding The Mirage will release on May 29.

Check out the tour dates below:

5/26/20 DONCASTER, UK @ KEEPMOAT STADIUM **
5/28/20 FALKIRK, SCOTLAND, UK @ THE FALKIRK STADIUM ** SOLD OUT
5/30/20 MANCHESTER, UK @ EMIRATES OLD TRAFFORD, UK ** SOLD OUT
6/1/20 NORWICH, UK @ CARROW ROAD STADIUM, UK ** SOLD OUT
6/3/20 SOUTHAMPTON, UK @ ST MARY’S STADIUM, UK ** SOLD OUT
6/5/20 LONDON, UK @ EMIRATES STADIUM, UK ^^
6/6/20 LONDON, UK @ EMIRATES STADIUM, UK ^^ SOLD OUT
6/9/20 BRISTOL, UK @ ASHTON GATE STADIUM ## SOLD OUT
6/11/20 COVENTRY, UK @ RICOH STADIUM ## SOLD OUT
6/13/20 MIDDLESBROUGH, UK @ RIVERSIDE STADIUM ## SOLD OUT
6/16/20 DUBLIN, IRELAND @ MALAHIDE CASTLE ^^ SOLD OUT
6/17/20 DUBLIN, IRELAND @ MALAHIDE CASTLE ^^ SOLD OUT
6/19/20 SCHEESSEL, GERMANY @ HURRICANE FESTIVAL
6/20/20 NEUHAUSEN, GERMANY @ SOUTHSIDE FESTIVAL
6/21/20 WERCHTER, BELGIUM @ TW CLASSIC
6/23/20 ZAGREB, CROATIA @ INMUSIC FESTIVAL
6/27/20 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN @ LOLLAPALOOZA (STOCKHOLM)
7/6/20 AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS @ ZIGGO DOME &&
7/7/20 BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, FRANCE @ LA SEINE MUSICALE &&
7/9/20 MADRID, SPAIN @ MAD COOL FESTIVAL
7/10/20 BILBAO, SPAIN @ BILBAO BBK LIVE FESTIVAL
7/12/20 MILAN, ITALY @ MILANO SUMMER FESTIVAL
7/14/20 VIENNA, AUSTRIA @ STADTHALLE
7/16/20 OSTRAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC @ COLOURS OF OSTRAVA FESTIVAL
7/18/20 MOSCOW, RUSSIA @ PARK LIVE FESTIVAL
8/18/20 DENVER, CO @ PEPSI CENTER ++
8/19/20 SALT LAKE CITY, UT @ VIVINT SMART HOME ARENA ++
8/21/20 VANCOUVER, BC @ ROGERS ARENA ++
8/22/20 GEORGE, WA @ GORGE AMPHITHEATRE ++
8/23/20 PORTLAND, OR @ MODA CENTER ++
8/25/20 SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ CHASE CENTER ++
8/26/20 SAN DIEGO, CA @ PECHANGA ARENA ++
8/28/20 LAS VEGAS, NV @ MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA ++
8/29/20 LOS ANGELES, CA @ BANC OF CALIFORNIA STADIUM ++
8/30/20 PHOENIX, AZ @ GILA RIVER ARENA ++
9/10/20 HOUSTON, TX @ TOYOTA CENTER ++
9/11/20 FORT WORTH, TX @ DICKIES ARENA ++
9/12/20 AUSTIN, TX @ FRANK ERWIN CENTER ++
9/15/20 MIAMI, FL @ AMERICANAIRLINES ARENA ++
9/16/20 ORLANDO, FL @ AMWAY CENTER ++
9/18/20 ATLANTA, GA @ STATE FARM ARENA ++
9/19/20 NASHVILLE, TN @ BRIDGESTONE ARENA ++
9/20/20 ST. LOUIS, MO @ CHAIFETZ ARENA ++
9/22/20 ST. PAUL, MN @ XCEL ENERGY CENTER ++
9/23/20 CHICAGO, IL @ UNITED CENTER ++
9/25/20 TORONTO, ON @ SCOTIABANK ARENA ++
9/26/20 MONTREAL, QC @ BELL CENTRE ++
9/27/20 VERONA, NY @ TURNING STONE EVENT CENTER ++
9/29/20 PHILADELPHIA, PA @ WELLS FARGO CENTER ++
10/1/20 NEW YORK, NY @ MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ++
10/2/20 NEW YORK, NY @ MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ++
10/3/20 WASHINGTON, DC @ CAPITAL ONE ARENA ++
10/5/20 BOSTON, MA @ TD GARDEN ++
10/6/20 UNIVERSITY PARK, PA @ BRYCE JORDAN CENTER ++
10/8/20 PITTSBURGH, PA @ PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER ++
10/9/20 CLEVELAND, OH @ ROCKET MORTGAGE FIELDHOUSE ++
10/10/20 DETROIT, MI @ LITTLE CAESARS ARENA ++
11/11/20 BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA @ BRISBANE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE
11/14/20 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA @ QUDOS BANK ARENA
11/18/20 PERTH, AUSTRALIA @ RAC ARENA
11/21/20 MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA @ AAMI PARK
11/29/20 MEXICO CITY, MEXICO @ FORO SOL
12/1/20 MONTERREY, MEXICO @ ARENA MONTERREY
12/2/20 MONTERREY, MEXICO @ ARENA MONTERREY
12/4/20 ZAPOPAN, MEXICO @ ESTADIO 3 DE MARZO

Support information: Blossoms (dates marked **), Sam Fender (dates marked ^^) and Manic Street Preachers (dates marked ##) in the UK; Johnny Marr (dates marked ++) in the U.S. and Canada; Orville Peck supports on select dates in Europe (marked with &&).

[elle]

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I walk in and who do I find? Lindsey fn Buckingham ripping solos for The Killers’ new banger, Caution. And when I found myself standing outside with him, the sun setting, that cool ass car, and a perfectly placed building light, I built up the guts to ask for this portrait. And he was gracious as all hell. It was a special day. Hope y’all are loving the new track! I can’t wait to hear it live with an audience!</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/robloud/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;" target="_blank"> Rob Loud</a> (@robloud) on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2020-03-13T17:05:13+00:00">Mar 13, 2020 at 10:05am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote> <script async src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script>

[TrueFaith77]

That is a great photo.

Lindsey should use it as an album cover

[FuzzyPlum]

WOW WOW WOW
A great track..and that's such a nice pic too. He looks good.

[Storms123]

WOW WOW WOW
A great track..and that's such a nice pic too. He looks good.

Fantastic pic of him.

[jmn3]

Love The Killers and Caution sounds great. Very nice solo by Lindsey and so glad to hear he's active and doing well!

[lovethemac1]

Such a great picture of him, I love his hair.
I wonder if Kristen took the pic?

[elle]

Such a great picture of him, I love his hair.
I wonder if Kristen took the pic?

photographer for The Killers took the pic:

robloud
I woke up in my own bed in NYC, flew to Los Angeles, dropped my bags, and made my way to the studio to meet the boys. I walk in and who do I find? Lindsey fn Buckingham ripping solos for The Killers’ new banger, Caution. And when I found myself standing outside with him, the sun setting, that cool ass car, and a perfectly placed building light, I built up the guts to ask for this portrait. And he was gracious as all hell. It was a special day. Hope y’all are loving the new track! I can’t wait to hear it live with an audience!

[sue]

He looks just fabulous...

[elle]

they skipped a part there so "former FM guitarist LB" turned in "former LB":

https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/03/song-of-the-week-the-killers-caution/

The Killers Play It Safe on Infectious “Caution”

Complete with belt-like-no-tomorrow chorus, canned synth strings, and enormous drums
by Dan Weiss
on March 13, 2020, 12:52pm

the killers caution stream imploding mirage
The Killers, photo via artist's Facebook


Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify New Sounds playlist.

If there’s still a world to end after 2020, the best-case scenario is we look back on this week as the peak of Coronavirus Mania, the same week that The Killers chose to release a single whose chorus repeatedly howls “I’m throwing caution” at a time when people are legitimately going to the gym in surgical masks. So that happened.

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Long ago, Brandon Flowers proved himself an expert winner of bets involving the ability to make a hit song out of words that barely function as reality, like “riding on the back of a hurricane,” “do you want to feel my bones,” and, most famously, “are we human, or are we dancer?” That’s why he’s a rock star, undeterred by normal constraints of language or physics or anything that would get in the way of whatever tidal wave his inevitably massive hook and bombastic, ‘80s-Springsteen-indebted arrangement is riding. So, yeah, his probably political forthcoming album, Imploding the Mirage, and Coronavirus-timed first single is about dispensing with caution altogether. The man excels at artifice; fake the news until you make it. (Actually, their previous single, 2017’s “Run for Cover”, mentioned “fake news” by name.)

Of course, “Caution” isn’t actually political. It’s not even all that Springsteen. The soft-focus synth bass and flat four-four drive put it more in line with Bryan Adams’ “Summer of ‘69” or even Don Henley’s “Boys of Summer”, with lyrics that only could’ve come from our generation’s most outsized glam-rocker: “Let me introduce you to the featherweight queen,” the song opens, referencing Paul Simon in passing (“Never had a diamond on the sole of her shoes”) and hitting pay dirt with “She can go straight from zero to the Fourth of July.” Utter nonsense like “She got Hollywood eyes, but she can’t shoot what she sees” is top-shelf surrealist swagger like peak Steven Tyler or Lennon’s “Come Together”. In fact, the most political line in the song may be the simple, Vegas-raised analysis, “Momma was a dancer and that’s all that she knew/ ‘Cause when you live in the desert, that’s what pretty girls do.”

For Fans Of: Just about every artist who’s vowed through song to “get out of this town” or “burn it down” or both, from John Mellencamp to Gin Blossoms to Flowers’ many ‘80s faves. There is so much rock ‘n’ roll dedicated to settling a score with one’s birthplace! And yet, you can’t take The Killers out of Vegas or Vegas out of The Killers. Did I mention The Killers? If you love them, you’ll love “Caution”, which ticks every box on the “yup, it’s them” checklist: The belt-like-no-tomorrow chorus, the canned synth-strings, the enormous drums.

Best Moment: The one true surprise of “Caution” is the full ****ing minute of guitar soloing it goes out on. Sound familiar? It should. That’s former Lindsey Buckingham behind the strings, and while most of it’s chopped in the radio edit, here’s hoping this assist is the first step in getting purely triumphant shredding back on rock (or even pop) radio. (At the very least, it’s a nice reminder of what the Mac’s missing these days.)

Where to Go From Here: Every Killers fan should already have a healthy-to-sizable appreciation for Bowie and Springsteen, and definitely a working understanding of Duran Duran’s hits, so maybe it’s time to brush off Bryan Adams’ Reckless or John Mellencamp’s The Lonesome Jubilee to really dig into the history of their ersatz versions of the big dogs? And it’s not necessarily a given that their American fanbase knows Pet Shop Boys’ virtually-perfect Discography: The Complete Singles Collection or Scritti Politti’s squelchy masterpiece Cupid & Psyche ’85 front-to-back, so maybe they can deepen their synth appreciation?

Other Great Songs This Week: King Von’s trap tall-tale “Took Her to the O” (and its equally outrageous video) will stay in your skull as one of 2020’s most addictive rap songs. Said skull might explode, though, upon experiencing the down-the-rabbit-hole EDM meltdown of Gupi and Fraxiom’s “Thos Moser.” (and its equally outrageous video). Jhené Aiko, Miguel, and Future will mend your skull back together with the soothing and sinuous “H.O.E. (Happiness Over Everything)” (the video is not particularly outrageous, but it does include fire-breathing). And speaking of outrageous videos, Lil Yachty, Drake, and DaBaby’s “Oprah’s Bank Account” features Yachty as Oprah interviewing Drake about reaching his full L.S.C.: “light-skin capability” and DaBaby about “going to your bitch’s house and then going back.”

[michelej1]

I may be just imagining it, but I feel I hear his voice. Like especially on that line “straight out of the news.”

[jbrownsjr]

Listened to it several times. Love it!

[bombaysaffires]

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That is a great photo.

Lindsey should use it as an album cover

Fantastic pic of him.


Yes! Always love pics of him where he is smiling or at least looking more relaxed than the overly serious "artiste" photos he often seems to prefer.

[bombaysaffires]

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transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style=" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"></div> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"></div> <div style=" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"></div></div></div></a> <p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B9rnqe7Bqd6/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">I woke up in my own bed in NYC, flew to Los Angeles, dropped my bags, and made my way to the studio to meet the boys. I walk in and who do I find? Lindsey fn Buckingham ripping solos for The Killers’ new banger, Caution. And when I found myself standing outside with him, the sun setting, that cool ass car, and a perfectly placed building light, I built up the guts to ask for this portrait. And he was gracious as all hell. It was a special day. Hope y’all are loving the new track! I can’t wait to hear it live with an audience!</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/robloud/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;" target="_blank"> Rob Loud</a> (@robloud) on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2020-03-13T17:05:13+00:00">Mar 13, 2020 at 10:05am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote> <script async src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script>

And of course, the v-neck teeshirt!! He'll be 110 and pushing a walker and still wearing them! :lol:

[jwd]

He looks like a guy that is happy and content. No bitterness or hang ups. He's ready to get on with it. Good for him, and good luck. Good song and great job Linds! Can't wait to hear that talent unleashed even more. Bring it!

[bombaysaffires]

what kind of car is that? is that his?

[David]

He looks like a guy that is happy and content. No bitterness or hang ups. He's ready to get on with it. Good for him, and good luck. Good song and great job Linds! Can't wait to hear that talent unleashed even more. Bring it!Yeah, baby. In the beginning, he got wrapped up in a Big Machine. Then he built a Small Machine that he could run in tandem with the Big Machine. But he spent a long time seemingly believing that he needed to keep both machines going to be fulfilled. Now maybe he has had an epiphany and understands that the Small Machine alone can fulfill him a hundred times more than the balancing act of Big Machine and Small Machine ever did.

[TrueFaith77]

I may be just imagining it, but I feel I hear his voice. Like especially on that line “straight out of the news.”

Yes he is def giving some haunting(?) vocals.

This is the biggest thing since Garbo

[elle]

interview with Brandon and Ronnie from The Killers, talking about working with Lindsey, and that he has a new album in the can -

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[michelej1]

Yes he is def giving some haunting(?) vocals.

This is the biggest thing since Garbo

Good. You hear him too. I am always unsure. When this happens I always think of Henry James’ Clare de Cintre. In the end, was cloistered in a convent, separated from the man who loved her forever. She could not even be seen. All he could do was stand outside when the nuns sang and strain to hear her voice among the others.

[elle]

and just like that - LB is back on social media too, not just releasing new hot music!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Had a wonderful time with <a href="https://twitter.com/thekillers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@thekillers</a> playing on their new single ‘Caution’. Go check it out! <a href="https://t.co/IauJGnCQCz">pic.twitter.com/IauJGnCQCz</a></p>&mdash; Lindsey Buckingham (@LBuckingham) <a href="https://twitter.com/LBuckingham/status/1242224234941673474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[TrueFaith77]

Good. You hear him too. I am always unsure. When this happens I always think of Henry James’ Clare de Cintre. In the end, was cloistered in a convent, separated from the man who loved her forever. She could not even be seen. All he could do was stand outside when the nuns sang and strain to hear her voice among the others.

LOVE The American!

[sue]

Good old Ken Bruce on Radio 2 ...plays the Killers new single...
And mentions that the lead out guitar solo is by no one else but
Lindsey Buckingham....

[elle]

https://themusicuniverse.com/killers-hit-no-1-with-caution/

The Killers hit No 1 with ‘Caution’

Buddy Iahn | April 22, 2020 | Rock

The Killers Fastest song of their career to reach No 1

Grammy nominated The Killers return with their fastest No. 1 at alternative radio with hit single “Caution” via Island Records. “Caution” is from the band’s upcoming sixth studio album, Imploding The Mirage, the follow up to 2017’s chart topping Wonderful Wonderful. Produced by the band in conjunction with Shawn Everett and Jonathan Rado of Foxygen, the album was recorded in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Park City, Utah. It is the first Killers album to be written and recorded since the band left their hometown of Las Vegas. It also features a brilliant array of collaborators, including Lindsey Buckingham, kd lang, Weyes Blood, Adam Granduciel, Blake Mills, and Lucius – another first for the group, who have typically kept guest spots on their albums to a minimum. “Caution” is all of Imploding The Mirage’s excellence densely packed into three and a half minutes. Both refreshingly next level and reminiscent of the band’s much-loved albums Sam’s Town and Battle Born, it finds The Killers evoking the spirit of ambitious reinvention matched with the kind of anthemic chorus to which they’ve become synonymous. The track features an iconic guitar solo courtesy of the legendary Lindsey Buckingham.

[Read More at themusicuniverse.com/killers-hit-no-1-with-caution/ © The Music Universe. All Rights Reserved.]

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Caution is number one on alt radio! (Fastest we’ve ever had hit #1!) Thank you for your support, and thanks to the alt radio stations playing it out! Righteous. 🍾🎉🍾🎉</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thekillers/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;" target="_blank"> The Killers</a> (@thekillers) on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2020-04-20T22:03:47+00:00">Apr 20, 2020 at 3:03pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote> <script async src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script>

[UnwindedDreams]

That's awesome! I hear it a lot on Sirius' The Spectrum.

[elle]

ahead of the Friday 4/24/2020 IG live Q&A with The Killers' Brandon and Ronnie, a LB/FM fan asked this question via twitter:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Will we be lucky enough to get a <a href="https://twitter.com/LBuckingham?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LBuckingham</a> Caution appearance too?!</p>&mdash; Sarah (@theeagleye) <a href="https://twitter.com/theeagleye/status/1249592898317778944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Q&A starts at about 6-minute mark in this video, and LB question was the first one they selected to answer of all the questions they received on twitter over the last week :thumbsup:

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basically, it sounds like they've been discussing with LB how to make this happen, and that both The Killers and LB want it (Ronnie says "we'll bribe him!" :lol:). they seemed to have been discussing the option like when they have parallel tours, if / when they happen to be in the same town, they'd ask LB to join them on stage and do several songs together - Caution, of course, but then also some Lindsey solo and some FM songs.

if you watch the Q&A through the end, they say that Johnny Marr joined them on stage at Glastonbury back when The Killers were headliner in 2018, and that he will be touring with them this year on US dates, if the tour happens. sounded like Johnny Marr would be a "special guest" / opening for The Killers, and then join them on stage for some songs. while i love better to see LB in small venues instead of the arena tour The Killers are doing, since i go see both LB solo and The Killers tours live, LB opening for them, or just showing up on stage for several songs would all be a fantastic option in my book! and if he would be their "special guest" on some world tour dates, that would finally bring him to LB solo fans on all sides of the world! :cool::]

plus, thanks to this collaboration, with his Caution participation LB now has a #1 hit on alternative radio!:]

[elle]

https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/the-killers/brandon-flowers-feels-like-the-shining-where-i-am/

The Killers frontman talks isolation and working with Fleetwood Mac legend Lindsey Buckingham.

Brandon Flowers has compared being in lockdown to the classic horror movie The Shining.

Speaking to the Hit Network in Australia, the Killers frontman said: "I'm in the mountains of Utah, it's just full blown winter vibes here.

"Everybody else is starting to get spring before us. It sort of feels like The Shining where I am. The highest is in the high-30s Fahrenheit."

The singer also revealed that former Fleetwood Mac legend Lindsey Buckingham had worked with the band in the studio on their latest single, Caution. ""He came to the studio where we were working in LA and he just delivered.

"It was great we didn't have to get him to send it in remotely, we got to be in the room with and go to dinner with him.

"We're lucky, a lot of these people who are legendary don't get bothered that much because you would assume that we're afraid of them or assume that they're going to say no.

"So many times I think they're happy to be thought of and be appreciated and Lindsey was no different."

The Killers release their eighth studio album, Imploding The Mirage, next month and Flowers claims that the record sees the band at their "peak".

Flowers explained: "There's a lot of spirit in it and a lot of the bands that we admire had that quality. This is sort of peak spirit for The Killers and I'm really excited for it to come out."

Imploding The Mirage is the follow-up to 2017's Wonderful Wonderful and is released on 29 May.

[sue]

In the UK...I haven’t had the Radio on much this last week, but
Caution has been record of the week !! On Radio 2

I must confess not to hearing it that much, not as much as The Stones new single.
But at least The BBC has good taste..
And hopefully some of the DJs will mention Lindsey.

[elle]

this RS interview with The Killers came out 10 days ago -

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-killers-new-album-imploding-the-mirage-interview-993654/?fbclid=IwAR3EQmFYzVTDIzr2r0db4ZcvRGtE2DiiM9IHSvvGhIUfmewiKcsmncTTBvc

How the Killers Started Over Again
Before ‘Imploding the Mirage,’ they’d never made an album without founding guitarist Dave Keuning. It proved to be much more difficult than they imagined

By ANDY GREENE

When the Killers began work on their new album, Imploding the Mirage, they had virtually everything they needed: a batch of new songs, a seven-month break from the road, and a large home studio nestled away in Park City, Utah, where they could work and live without distraction. The only thing missing was their guitarist, Dave Keuning.

Keuning started the band back in 2001, when he took out an ad in a Las Vegas newspaper looking for local musicians to play with. The first song he wrote with future Killers frontman Brandon Flowers after they met up was “Mr. Brightside,” and he’d gone on to play a pivotal role in crafting each album they’d made since then. But he stepped away from the road shortly after the recording of 2017’s Wonderful Wonderful, citing factors including creative frustration, and he hasn’t played with the Killers in the three years since, though they say he technically remains an official member. (Founding bassist Mark Stoermer has also scaled back his involvement in the band, but he continues to play some shows and studio parts.)

On the road, the Killers were able to soldier on with hired hands, but recording new songs turned out to be a different story. “We were trying to make it sound like the band wasn’t fractured,” says Flowers. “And trying to sound like the Killers. It was almost like we were doing this dumbed-down, mannequin version of the band.”

The more collaborators they brought in to fill that void, the worse it got. They don’t want to name everyone they tried during this self-described “speed dating” process, but producer Jacknife Lee — whom they worked with on Wonderful Wonderful — was one of them. “He was trying to make it sound like there was a Dave there,” says Killers drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr. “It felt a little dishonest.”

After six months of recording, they didn’t have anything they were happy with. Then producer Shawn Everett and Jonathan Rado of California psychedelic-rock duo Foxygen entered the picture. “That was a big awakening for us,” says Flowers. “We loved being with them, and it made us want to course-correct.”

Around the same time, producer Ariel Rechtshaid played Flowers some of the new Vampire Weekend album, Father of the Bride. “I realized I couldn’t continue on the path that I was on,” says Flowers. “It reminded me of the way I felt when I heard Is This It . I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I can’t just phone this in. If Ezra [Koenig] is doing this, I need to up my game a little bit.’ I was inspired and jealous. For me those, two emotions combined really light a fire under me.”

The Killers decided to throw out nearly everything they had done in Utah and start over in Los Angeles and in their own studio in Las Vegas. Everett and Rado joined the effort full time, and songs started coming more quickly. Still, Keuning’s absence remained a vexing problem. Vannucci recalls the recording of “Caution,” which would become the new album’s lead single: “We got to the point where it was like, ‘Okay, time to put some guitars on it.’ Then we’d be like, ‘****, Dave’s not here.’ [B]We were having Thai food one night, kind of pissed, and I jokingly said, ‘Okay, we’ll call Lindsey fu*kin’ Buckingham!'”

The band just so happens to share a publicity firm with the former Fleetwood Mac guitarist, and the next afternoon, Buckingham showed up at the studio, guitar in hand. “He brought that song from 2D to 3D with his guitar playing,” says Vannucci. “He seemed to really get the musical sensitivities of the song right off the bat and just knew what colors to add.”

That encounter set the template for the rest of the sessions, where everyone from Weyes Blood and K.D. Lang to the War on Drugs’ Adam Granduciel joined in on the fun. “The charm about being in L.A. is that you’re so close to everybody,” adds Vannucci. “They’re just a phone call away.”

The track “Dying Breed” was created in collaboration with producer Flood, whom the band hadn’t worked with since their 2006 LP Sam’s Town. Flowers says that helped give the song “an industrial vibe” that he likes: “What I love about Flood is he doesn’t have a problem x-ing something out if he doesn’t like it. What he did with it was a lot more stark than what we would have done, but it kept the spirit of the song. It has a heart to it that really grabs you.”

Lead-off track “My Own Soul’s Warning” was written near the end of the sessions, when Flowers worried he didn’t have a single yet and started to panic. The song came to him in a burst of inspiration, but getting the right mix has been a problem. “It’s a stubborn son of a bitch,” says Flowers. “We’re near 90 mixes of it I think. But it’s my favorite song on the record. I can’t wait for people to hear it.”

Taken as a whole, Imploding the Mirage has the kind of roaring energy and catchy hooks that recall the band’s early classics, even though the collaborators all bring unique twists to it. “A lot of moments reminded me of making our first album, where you just know that it’s going to connect because of the way it makes you feel,” says Flowers. “I felt like that 20-year-old kid almost inventing something again.”

Still, the Killers aren’t the same band that started out nearly 20 years ago. Stoermer took a step back in 2016, a few years after a pyro mishap in London left him with hearing damage; he remains close to the other guys in the band, and they expect to play select dates with him in the future.

The situation with Keuning, who released a solo album last year, is different. “All I ever wanted was to play guitar in a successful band, but it took its toll in more ways than one,” he said in 2019. “Mentally, physically, doing the same thing over and over again . . . I needed balance back in my life.” He was also upset about his role in the creative process. “I was writing all these ideas for songs,” he said. “But they always fell to the bottom of the pile. So I felt, well, may as well do something. And it was fun to realize I could have complete control over them, after having very little control in the Killers.”

Both Flowers and Vannucci say the door is open if he ever feels like getting back to work with them. “I don’t want to spill too much dirty laundry, but it’s been years since he’s been really been a productive part of this band,” says Vannucci. “And it sucks. We have to get used to it, and hopefully that will level out and we’ll figure out a way forward. He can come back if that’s what he wants. This is all his decision.”

The band is still mixing Imploding the Mirage, whose May 29th release date has been pushed back by the COVID-19 pandemic. They’re incredibly psyched for fans to hear it, even as they are realistic about their odds of getting a song on mainstream pop radio — if they do get a major hit of that kind, it would be their first since 2008’s “Human.” (They’ve fared better at alternative radio, where “Caution” became a substantial hit after this interview, getting the most plays of any song on that format in the last week of April, according to Alpha Data.)

In that same time, the Killers have become one of the most popular touring rock bands on the planet, regularly headlining stadiums in Europe and packing arenas all over America. They’ve pulled this off by touring relentlessly, sometimes playing more than 100 shows a gig a year and never getting off the road for more than a few months. “There’s a lot of cities in the world and a lot of people and the fans keep coming,” says Flowers. “It’s addictive. It’s become more than cathartic or more than exciting for me. It’s something that’s a part of my identity, and I still enjoy getting better at it. I love it.”

That strategy will be more complicated this time around: The band booked an extensive European summer tour, followed by a run of American arenas, but venue closures due to COVID-19 mean that most if not all of those dates will have to wait. “It’s frustrating,” says Flowers. “But there’s just more important stuff going on right now. Those stadiums are going to still be there in 2021.”

In the meantime, the group is trying to think of ways to promote the album from their homes. They already taped a stripped-down performance of “Caution” for Jimmy Kimmel Live from Flowers’ bathroom and announced a live YouTube Q&A for May 15th, and they are thinking about more streaming shows. “We’re starting to bat ideas around,” says Flowers. “I guess the only alternative would be to make another record.”

[Nicks Fan]

I think they should have as an opener for select shows. He could play for an 75 minutes starting at 7:30 and they come on at 9:00 an do their full set and he could join them for Caution. I would go and see that.

[SaraRhiannon]

NO FREAKING WAY. Brandon Flowers is everything.

[elle]

https://mix1041.radio.com/blogs/karson-kennedy/karson-talks-with-brandon-flowers-of-the-killers


Karson Talks with Brandon Flowers of The Killers!
May 26, 2020

Brandon Flowers of The Killers Sits Down for His First Zoom
Brandon Flowers of The Killers talks about upcoming tour plans and more with Karson from Mix 104.1 in Boston
Duration 11:33
-Joe Cingrana/RADIO.COM

Mix 104.1's Karson caught up with Brandon Flowers of The Killers to discuss the band's recent tour cancelation, the new album Imploding the Mirage, and some of his vocal influences over the years. There's also a little bit of rivalry between him and OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder on Songland!


"[It's] my first Zoom meeting," The Killers singer says with a smile as he connects with Karson over, arguably, the most important communication tool since Alexander Graham Bell's telephone. It's not that he hasn't been asked -- he's just not usually the one who pushes the buttons on these kinds of things. "I'm not a computer gadgetry wizard -- I've done it with my drummer, he's better at that stuff."

Flowers and drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr. have been keeping fans updated on their lives apart from the rest of the band, and more importantly their fans, in a series of YouTube videos and TV appearances. The Las Vegas rockers also recently released a new single from their forthcoming album Imploding The Mirage, titled "Caution," which premiered on RADIO.COM stations nationwide in early March.

Initially slated to hit the road to support the record, the band was forced to postpone a world tour as we all ride out the current COVID-19 health crisis.

The gravity of the situation is starting to "sink in," says Flowers. "We spent a lot of time on the album, and usually it culminates in a tour -- and that's not going to happen anytime soon," he admits. "But we're really proud of the album..."

"Music always brought me a lot of joy, and an escape, and healing when I was coming up and still does. So, we're excited for people to hear it."

Reading through comments on the band's latest single, Karson enjoyed what fans were saying about Brandon's voice, likening him to superstar quarterback Tom Brady whose craft steadily improved year over year.

"When we started the band it wasn't something I was that concerned with, funnily enough. It was more about just being in this band, and taking on the world... I didn't really consider what kind of performer or singer I was. It was just more about the guys and the camaraderie and all that," he admits. "And then I realized... I think it just came with time and with a little bit of wisdom and observing other people that I look up to in their careers and realized there more to it if I want to keep doing this."

Some of Flowers' influences, as far as voices go, he says are Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan, who admittedly has a different voice than his own. Frank Sinatra and Morrissey also get a shout as Flowers is an admitted fan of crooners. "But I'm not a crooner," he acknowledges. "People that sing in my range are people like Bono. We have a really similar range... He's done some of the most impressive stuff vocally that I've ever seen and I love."

Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham, another admitted influence for the band as a whole, contributes guitars on their single "Caution," and says his inclusion came about after jokingly bringing his name up while recording in the studio. "We were in L.A. and we just threw a call at him... He showed up a couple of days after the call. A lot of people nowadays will work remotely but it was great to be in L.A. and have Lindsey pull up and work with him in the studio."

Some other surprising (or not so surprising) guests on the record, Brandon says, include singer k.d. lang, Natalie Mering from Weyes Blood, and Adam Granduciel from The War On Drugs to name just a few.

As far as getting back on the road, Flowers says they're simply pushing everything back a year when, fingers crossed, everything will be back to normal.

Check out the full interview above as Flowers jokes about not wanting to give any songwriting secrets to OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder on the TV show Songland -- and be sure to pick up Imploding The Mirage, due on shelves and online later this year.

This post is sponsored by Arbella Insurance. Here For New England. Here For Good.

[sue]

Just listening to Running through the garden and Lindsey’s guitar on this track reminds me so much of his solo on The Killers single, Caution.

[elle]

since the album is coming out tomorrow, there seems to be a lot of press around it, one of that being interview in LA Times (i cannot access the whole interview but if someone can please do share the whole Lindsey part.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The ‘Los Angeles Times’ Provides a Concise Yet Detailed Look at ‘Imploding The Mirage’ - The ‘Los Angeles Times’ recently spoke with Brandon Flowers, Ronnie Vannucci, Lindsey Buckingham, and Shawn Everett about the recording process... <a href="https://t.co/u095aYMZvx">https://t.co/u095aYMZvx</a></p>&mdash; The Killers News (@NewsTheKillers) <a href="https://twitter.com/NewsTheKillers/status/1296255233820110848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

https://thekillersnews.com/post/626929230533558272/the-los-angeles-times-provides-a-concise-yet

The ‘Los Angeles Times’ Provides a Concise Yet Detailed Look at ‘Imploding The Mirage’
2 notesAugust 19th, 2020 at 9:18 pm
The ‘Los Angeles Times’ recently spoke with Brandon Flowers, Ronnie Vannucci, Lindsey Buckingham, and Shawn Everett about the recording process for ‘Imploding The Mirage’.

This is a great, quick read with quotes from a number of the people who were involved in the process. You can read the entire article here.

Buckingham says:

“My kids love them, and my wife loves them,” said the former Fleetwood Mac singer-guitarist, who contributes a searing, “Big Love”-style solo to the LP’s thrumming lead single, “Caution.” “They’ve created something that’s fresh, that speaks to the young — or the young-ish,” he added. “But there’s such a strong center to what they’re doing. Their material is so well crafted that it cuts across a lot of generational lines.”

Everett says:

Everett said that because the Killers’ identity is anchored in a feeling more than in a specific sound — he likened it to “the surge of freedom you get at the end of a long journey” — they could tinker liberally with textures and arrangements, as in the funky “Fire In Bone.”

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The musicians tracked much of the album at a pair of storied L.A. studios, Vox and Sound City; Flowers took particular pleasure in cutting “Blowback,” which he called “maybe the most Heartbreakers of all our songs,” in the latter room, a regular spot for Petty over the course of his long career. Buckingham got involved after Flowers and Vannucci decided that, minus Keunig, “Caution” needed some “magical guitar juice,” as Vannucci put it.

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[elle]

lots and lots of Imploding The Mirage reviews all over the place these days, many mentioning collaborations and lauding Lindsey's guitar solo.

https://www.theday.com/article/20200825/ENT10/200829662
Review: The Killers return with songs of women and loyalty
The Killers, “Imploding the Mirage” (Island Records)

Published August 25. 2020 7:13AM
By MARK KENNEDY, Associated Press


When you are The Killers and your usual guitarist has gone, no problem. When you’re The Killers, you can turn to Lindsey Buckingham.

The former Fleetwood Mac guitarist steps in for a tune on the new 10-song “Imploding the Mirage,” another sign of the band’s clout. The album's guests also include k.d. lang and Adam Granduciel of The War on Drugs.

The absence of guitarist and co-founder Dave Keuning is felt, with keyboards and drums stepping into the void. Without Keuning’s jangle and riff shards, The Killers have a more poppy sound.

If 2017′s “Wonderful Wonderful” was a meditation on the anxiety of masculinity, the new album often explores the lives of women, with two sharp portraits of tough survivors in “Blowback” and “Caution” — women whom Brandon Flowers sings each come from “white trash.”

Many other songs are about loyally backing a partner. "I’ll be there when water’s rising/I’ll be your lifeguard," Flowers sings on “Dying Breed.” On “When the Dreams Run Dry,” he vows: “I’ll be on your side/When the dreams run dry." In “Lightening Fields," he sings, ”Just wanted to run my fastest/And stand beside you." The cover of the album depicts a god tenderly supporting a goddess.

Jonathan Rado of California psychedelic-rock duo Foxygen and Shawn Everett — who worked on “Wonderful Wonderful” as well as with Kacey Musgraves and Alabama Shakes — have stepped in to produce, and their influence can best be heard on the funky “Fire in Bone.”

Elsewhere, listeners may have fun finding the band's other influences. There's a Tom Petty-ish sound to “Blowback,” and “My Own Soul's Warning” has a Springsteen vibe. But there's no mistaking that classic Killers mix of soaring vocals, sonic bombast and sly humor in such songs as “My God” and the title track. It's a solid album from a band still exploring.

[elle]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Album Review: <a href="https://twitter.com/thekillers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@thekillers</a> get guest vocalists, including <a href="https://twitter.com/LBuckingham?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LBuckingham</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/kdlang?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kdlang</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/WeyesBlood?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WeyesBlood</a>, to bend to their stadium rock will with spectacular results.<a href="https://twitter.com/IslandRecords?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IslandRecords</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BrandonFlowers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BrandonFlowers</a><a href="https://t.co/dMQSZwjeHF">https://t.co/dMQSZwjeHF</a></p>&mdash; Hot Press (@hotpress) <a href="https://twitter.com/hotpress/status/1298637841350766595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The new <a href="https://twitter.com/thekillers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@thekillers</a> album, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ImplodingTheMirage?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ImplodingTheMirage</a>, is a lot of fun. <a href="https://twitter.com/BrandonFlowers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BrandonFlowers</a> clearly absorbed 80s influence from Springsteen, The Cars, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FleetwoodMac?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FleetwoodMac</a>, Petty and puts it into a blender. He's even got <a href="https://twitter.com/LBuckingham?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LBuckingham</a> to deliver a quirky solo. All killer, no filler.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheKillers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheKillers</a> <a href="https://t.co/NfoR4aQB6c">pic.twitter.com/NfoR4aQB6c</a></p>&mdash; Howard Cohen (@HowardCohen) <a href="https://twitter.com/HowardCohen/status/1297940980734341120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[elle]

The Killers are starting their European tour with some UK dates. here's new interview with Brandon Flowers -

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Brandon Flowers talks to Clash about The Killers return to the stage, working with Lindsey Buckingham, and his pre-show rituals...<a href="https://t.co/bQMVONprt6">https://t.co/bQMVONprt6</a> <a href="https://t.co/0rkE6hZ9SQ">pic.twitter.com/0rkE6hZ9SQ</a></p>&mdash; CLASH (@ClashMagazine) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClashMagazine/status/1529844858784997376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


https://www.clashmusic.com/features/brandon-flowers-on-the-killers-return-to-the-stage
CLASHMUSIC / FEATURES / 26 · 05 · 2022

Brandon Flowers On The Killers Return To The Stage

As their UK tour kicks off...

There's a part of Brandon Flowers that will forever belong to the UK.

The Killers' frontman spent his adolescence poring over the sleeves of albums by British groups, and as in a teenage act of rebellion plotted to get an Oasis tattoo.

It's perhaps apt, then, that The Killers seemed to break in the UK first. A series of feverish tours led to some breakout singles, with the rest of the world following suit.

The pandemic kept The Killers from the road, but it afforded space for two wonderful records - the bombastic 'Imploding the Mirage' with its stadium echoes, and the novelistic small-town intimacy of 'Pressure Machine'.

With The Killers finally able to transform their concert dreams into reality, Brandon Flowers took a short break from the tour bus to catch up with Clash.

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We should jump in by talking about playing live again, a pleasure that’s been denied to you since the start of the pandemic. How does it feel to be back out there on stage?

I played last night in Doncaster, you know it’s very second nature but it’s certainly something I’ve really missed. It’s part of my identity - when we started the band, it wasn’t something I initially thought about. It started all about the songs and being in a gang, you know? And that was a thrilling time, but it got real when we had to go on tour and play songs to people. It was like realising there was this whole other part of it we needed to learn! It started as an obstacle, but it’s become something I love. Plus, I’m from Las Vegas, which I think has definitely helped with performing.

It did strike me that your recent work - ‘Imploding the Mirage’ and then ‘Pressure Machine’ have quite different moods. How did you manage to stay true to both of these records on stage, while still providing something that’s quite unified?

It is difficult. These are big rooms and big venues and ‘Pressure Machine’ was not really intended for that. So, it’s not going to have too much of a stage presence really, compared to the rest of our work. We’re still trying to figure it out really, how all these things work together in a stadium. On the other hand, Imploding the Mirage was sort of made for spaces like that. We had that in mind when making Imploding the Mirage, and when making the setlist. We opened with ‘My Own Soul’s Warning’ and it just feels so natural!

‘Imploding the Mirage’ had a number of different voices on there - for example Alex Cameron co-wrote a few tracks with you. What does he bring as a collaborator, is he a great guy to have in the studio?

Yeah, he’s a wordsmith and at the time we were writing ‘Imploding the Mirage’ I got stuck on a couple of songs. I had worked with him before on a song called ‘Run for Cover’ from ‘Wonderful Wonderful', and we just became great friends. It was super handy and honestly a pleasure to be around him, a few weeks here and there messing around with ideas. He’s just a great guy to bounce ideas off with.

Lindsey Buckingham was on that record as well, which must have been a huge thrill.

Yeah! For a minute, it felt like there should be some sort of strange merging of bands, which didn’t happen, but it was just great being in the studio with Lindsey. We’re very familiar with what he’s done and humbled by him - it’s crazy that legends like him are still alive, they seem so mythical! To be able to go into the studio and watch him operate in his area of expertise, and eat dinner with him after, is incredible.

Do you still feel like a fan? Growing up, you’re a huge fan of music, it meant everything to you, and you’ve had a great deal of success. When you meet these legends now, does it remind you of being a kid and a fan of music again?

Yeah - you try to play it cool but then I caught my self, you know, starting to pace when Lindsay was supposed to be there in 10 minutes, I caught myself watching the clock, looking out the window for his car to pull up… But he was really gracious and melted the ice right away.

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A slightly geeky question about ‘Dying Breed’ now, because Clash interviewed Michael Rother soon after the album came out and he mentioned that you guys had tried to sample some of his work. Did the sample go through to the final record?

Yeah! The drums in the beginning of ‘Dying Breed’ are a little sample. It was something we played around with in the studio, and I love the idea of reaching out to people to see if there’s some way we can come to an agreement and share the music.

That’s one of things I love about the Killers! As vast as the songwriting can be, a lot of the songs hinge on these truly tiny details. In some ways ‘Pressure Machine’ and ‘Imploding the Mirage’ use that same technique, but with strikingly different results.

Yeah I think definitely thematically, it was a big undertaking to have these bombastic songs and big beautiful melodies, but they all revolve around this image. We start the show with that image, it’s the first thing you see on the screen. It’s a painting that we had up in the studio and it spoke to the lyrics, texture, and instruments we would use, and it became a member of the band.

Another person you’ve worked with is James Bay, who’s full of praise for the work you guys have done together! He also mentioned that some of the work and ideas you’ve done is unfinished or unreleased. Could you imagine returning to that, maybe coming back to it in the future?

It’s tough to find the time, haha! It was nice to meet James, he actually came to Utah and we have a mutual producer (Ariel Reichstad).

I know as a teenager you wanted to get an Oasis tattoo. Do you still feel like a bit of an Anglophile, is there something about British music that grabs your attention?

Not so much anymore, but of course I feel like it’s part of my DNA. I didn’t realise how American I was until we first flew over here in 2003. But, I’ve come to really love this place, and yeah Oasis was one of the first band I loved on my own. My brother had shown me New Order, The Smiths, The Cure, and it felt like a natural progression into the 90s about what I could “claim.” It was kind of a toss-up between claiming Radiohead or Oasis, and I just kind of naturally gravitated towards it in the end.

Cool! Well, you’re gonna be playing the Emirates Stadium which isn’t a million miles away from where Liam Gallagher lives, he might be able to hear you from his garden.

Haha yeah, good for him!

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Another song you’re doing in the set right now, which you’ve done for a while, is the cover of ‘Shadowplay’. What’s it like for you as a vocalist when you’re singing other people’s songs? Is there a different energy?

It feels like one of our songs, but it is also just a song I grew up loving, and gives me a break during the set! A lot of our songs aren’t exactly easy to tune or play in particular, it’s got heat to it but it’s down lower in my register and has loads of space, so it does also serve a useful purpose alongside being a great song.

The members of New Order actually commemorated Ian Curtis’ life recently - it’s been 42 years since he’s passed away - and they actually spoke in the British Parliament about ways we could improve mental healthcare. Do you feel like there could, or should, be more done for protecting young musicians mental health?

The industry could do more/ I think we’re talking about it more than we’ve ever had, which is a start for sure in making it less taboo. I think if you’re a young musician, you have more access to help and there’s less stigma attached to it. I think that’s a great thing, and what New Order is arguing is overlooked by a lot of people, and it’s wonderful that they can use their platform for something so noble.

Looking back at the setlist, ‘Read My Mind’ is in there. You once described that as your favourite song you’ve ever written. Is that still the favourite, still number one?

It’s probably changed, but I’m definitely extremely proud of ‘Read My Mind’, happy to be a part of it. It does change though.

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You mentioned the first time you came over to the UK, and it was a real whirlwind for you! What was it like for you as newcomers to come over to London and the UK for the first time and get that reaction?

It was such an exciting time, we were such big fans of the White Stripes and the Strokes, and to actually be going through what we had seen them go through and actually be out in the trenches and doing it felt very surreal, but overall just so exciting. We learned so much and we look back on it with fondness because it did really launched us.

Definitely. I’m intrigued by what you said about that early tour making you feel more “American.” America is such a massive place, so how would you define that? The coasts versus the midwest is so varied, so what does that American mindset mean to you?

It made me feel very Southwestern American for sure, because we are very different. I mean I had never been to the East Coast until we got a record deal, and I could see how different my people were from East Coasters, and heading into the South was such an awakening. It is certainly a big place, with a lot of different flavour in each, but yeah I think I just had big fantasies about what the UK was, and it was just a big culture shock. Definitely different weather than Las Vegas, that’s for sure. We do just love it here though, my family came over with me for a bit and we have just grown such a fondness for this place.

‘Pressure Machine’ definitely hones in on one flavour of American life. Do you think you’ve said enough on that topic and about those lives that your next work is going to move away from all of that, or is there more to explore?

I was just really surprised at how much I had to say on the record. They say you have your whole life to write your first record, and that’s very true, and so ‘Hot Fuss’ captured something and felt like it was ready to burst out of me. I had kept this secret though, I’d been waving the flag for Las Vegas and the Killers and I was little afraid to venture into the territory of where I was brought up, which was Utah. What I found when I finally went there to write about was that same experience - I had just unlocked this door that I had been keeping shut, and kind of unknowingly carrying around in my subconscious and it just sort of fell into my lap. I had so many characters and stories and triumphs and greed, all of these emotions I was able to express, and it was one of the most fulfilling times in my life creatively. I could definitely see myself writing more about it.

For me it felt like a novel or a film, have you ever harboured feelings to go into that direction? Or, do you feel like songwriting is the medium that suits you best?

Songwriting is hard enough! I was definitely influenced by a couple of books - there’s a Steinbeck book called The Pastures of Heaven and it’s different short stories that all takes place in the same town, and man, I tried my hardest to do justice to that idea and to my experience growing up in Utah.

Finally, do you have any pre-show rituals?

Nothing too crazy in particular. We all get together before we go on stage and get near a setlist, and rattle off the agenda. There’s a lot going on, so sharing little reminders on things we may have gotten right or wrong int he past. Basically just getting on the same page! I do pray before I get on stage, which I never really tell people about. I mean, I don’t feel like I need to go into a closet and get on my knees, but I try to do it wherever I can.

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Catch The Killers at the following shows:

May
26 Bristol Ashton Gate Stadium
28 Coventry Building Society Arena
30 Southampton St Mary's Stadium

June
1 Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium
3 London Emirates Stadium
4 London Emirates Stadium
6 Falkirk Stadium
7 Falkirk Stadium
9 Norwich Carrow Road Stadium
10 Manchester Emirates Old Trafford
14 Dublin Malahide Castle
15 Dublin Malahide Castle

Words: Robin Murray
Photo Credit: Danny Clinch