The Killers

[CharlotteB]

On 12/16/2024 at 9:58 PM, gingerevans84 said:

Wouldnt mind a solo Brandon tour next year. The couple of albums he has put out are top notch disco tunes. 

 

 

I didn't even know he had solo material out!

[NorthernSoul52]

Honestly, all three "new" tunes for the Rebel Diamonds compilation felt like they were Brandon solo cuts more than tunes for The Killers. I know he says they scrapped an album and those were the leftovers they wanted to keep.

 

But each one is basically a twist on a different touchstone: Boy is Erasure's A Little Respect gone heartland disco, Your Side of Town is a Pet Shop Boys-twist on New Order's True Faith, and Spirit is basically a club-rock interpretation of Underworld's Born Slippy.

 

That's not exactly new: Imploding the Mirage felt like a big grab bag of different influences. (Running Towards a Place is pure Fleetwood Mac, Fire in Bone is Talking Heads in funk mode, When the Dreams Run Dry builds its outro off The Highwaymen's Highwayman, etc.)

 

But I'm a little surprised to not see Spirit get more airtime. Think all three could feature in a Brandon solo show.

[charlierc]

13 hours ago, CharlotteB said:

 

I didn't even know he had solo material out!

Two albums - Flamingo and The Desired Effect.

 

Both have some alright tunes on them, although the blurriness of the lines of late means they could both be Killers albums imo.