The Killers - Pressure Machine (8.13.21) Album • Page 12

Worth reading this phone call Brandon and Phoebe had during promo last year, if you’ve not already:Phoebe Bridgers and Brandon Flowers on Transformation and Talking Shit

 

Totally forgot that convo happened. Shoulda seen this collab coming!

 

I wouldn't call it a concept album in that classic narrative sense, so much as a set of songs all set in the same place.

 

Is there a version of the album that I can buy nowadays that has these songs from the original recording sessions all in one place, or are they sprinkled across various releases over the years..???

 

I mean, that sounds like a concept album to me...?

 

Sure, but there’s no overarching narrative in the way it was speculated upon previously. It’s more like Neil Young’s Greendale.

 

Sunday Conversation: The Killers On Their Intimate And Different New Album, Supergroups And Literature

 

i'm looking forward to really liking this.

 

I love that this comes out this week and we have nothing to really go off of... reminds me of the lead up of TBH&C from Arctic Monkeys. Turned out to be ambitious, and bizarre, concept album that they barely teased and one that shifted their sound in a completely different direction.

 

Good comparison! Hope it works out as well for the Killers as it did for arctic monkeys. That record is top notch.

 

OK, West Hills is excellent, it sounds like the Killers (maybe a little like Wonderful Wonderful title track by the end) but has its own unique, dark energy and rumbling power. Instrumentation’s really lush too.

The way the “Free…” vocals get increasingly desperate as the narrator slowly reveals his lack of freedom - there’s some wonderful songwriting right there. Chilling

 

When and how did this leak? I almost though they'd make it to the finish line.

 

Crazy this vibes out this week. Looking forward to hearing it.

 

I think the Phoebe track is supposed to come out in advance but I highly recommend just waiting for the full thing on Friday.

 

Yeah, apparently the leak doesn't include the spoken bits from the townspeople.

I'm just holding out, even if there's a pre-release track. Would much rather get the entire experience as intended.

 

Probably won’t be, but I really want this to sound like Battle Born lol.

 

Yea at this point I’m waiting. Hell, may even wait for vinyl if it actually ships on time (doubt it).

 

Yep this rules. Instant top 3 killers album.

 

Excited for Friday

 

same, weird

 

there is some incredible stuff on here

on first and a half listen, favorites are quiet town, runaway horses, and in the car

imploding the mirage is the only album of theirs i've really loved and now this. i also appreciate how vastly different this one sounds.

 

If anything, Quiet Town is my least favourite right now, but that’s testament to how dynamite the rest of this stuff is.

 

"Terrible Thing" is the most "Been listening to Nebraska a lot lately" song I've heard in a decade, since this:

 

I can already tell this is going to be an album that I come to love more and more as I spend more time with it and really dig into the lyrics, but my first takeaway is that it's just so fucking nice to have Dave back.