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In the eternal cycle of the music business can be relied upon. First comes a band and mixes frozen music scene with a new sound on, they will zusehens successful, speaks at a time to all kinds of people and in the end is finally one of these huge mass acts against which in turn rebel new bands. Is it like that. Just think about it. There are plenty of examples. Coldplay have since probably the best, although there where does not necessarily mean a loss of musical quality, I think yes. The Kooks and Kaiser Chiefs in the world are there more the negative examples. The Killers from Las Vegas it behaves different in that the band has never made a secret of its ambitions. As the debut Hot Fuss "was published in 2004 put it, just by his penchant for British 80s pop and the grand gesture, a welcome alternative to the other, young rock bands á la Strokes and Franz Ferdinand there. Especially since the debut of four Americans a lot could have hits.
The scolding came with Sam's Town ". The then had little good hits and the change in the band is probably about the word ambitions" defined. Because if you've always wanted a lot and then suddenly has the opportunity to do so, then that's usually wrong. So was that Sam's Town "something bombastic, a bit too over-ambitious, a bit too much of the good. Without good songs especially.

Now Day & Age "at which the spirits in the music press already divorced. The Rockpomp the predecessor falls away ... but replaced by 80-Pop-pomp. Yes, I'm talking here of innumerable space synths, disco beats, harmonies and the good old saxophone. If something is not compatible, should the Killers better forget of 2008. And before being picked apart, you should understand what they want at all. The Killers are not the cool little indie band, as they are Franz Ferdinand , they are not the heartbreak ballad band like Coldplay. They are also far from being let off steam musically and Bloc Party in all genres. The Killers make Pop! Right guitar pop of the old school! Do you remember the uncool Genesis 80 ? The want the Killers! Their polarization consists of its smoothness, the conscious playing with the hated, smooth Radiopomp this decade. The Sound Day & Age "as a music become one piece of cake. Quite a lot of sugar, lots of gloss, too much of everything. In its consequence, this album is downright impressive. The fact that the Killers act so obviously uncool, makes them almost back cool. Here is a band that wants to sound more aware by the Pet Shop Boys, as by Joy Division ... takes courage and self-confidence. And because there is a lack not the guys to Brandon Flowers.

One can and one must probably as cool "hate necessarily human, but you can also try to understand if one is willing to broaden your horizons through the genre boundaries of the scene out. One thing is fact ... Day & Age" is much better than Sam's Town ". This is primarily due to good songs! Clear, Human" could be also ne hit production, A Dustland Fairytale "is completely overloaded and the synth layers in The World We Live In" are really wide. But the fact is ... if you take away the pomp you recognize really good pop songs. And when Day & Age "a knowledge provides, then the fact that the killer still can deliver songs of the caliber of their debut album. I'm almost certain that, if the songs into garment of Hot Fuss" had grabbed, it is essential would be better understood. For this, the songs are quite good. Well, failures like I Can not Stay "order Neon Tiger" is available too, but well, that there was even on Hot Fuss "and at 2/3 of Sam's Town." But the band is reluctant to consciously against the repetition. The Killers are not cool indie rock band. They do, has always been the Glamorous indie rock and roll ", they have announced on their debut. And Day & Age" would with less pomp certainly works, but that was not good sense of it all. This album is not so bad, even quite good, provided that you try to understand it and does his best songs behind the pomp and the gestures of the Lord Flowers understand. The risk that the killer now be one of those annoying bands that you can only hate and against which new bands will rebel at the end again is always present. Or they turn the next album by 180 degrees. Anyway, you seem unlike its competitors not yet the idea to go. And as long as you polarized and continues to surprise as a band, that's definitely more exciting than when you no longer moves like other bands of their vintage.