Brandon Flowers and drummer
Ronnie Vannucci Jr. gave fans an update on when they can expect new music during a recent Instagram Live Q&A.
“I mean it’s finished, yeah. We’re basically in the mastering phase,” Flowers said about the record. “It will come out this year. We were hoping for an early summer release, but the vinyl manufacturing companies are all inundated with the artists who held their albums back because of COVID. Now they’re all trying to get their albums out and are making this push. We want to release everything simultaneously, so we’re running into a wall.”
The Killers have caned the UK singles chart and set a new impressive record with the infamous Mr. Brightside clocking up 260 non-consecutive weeks – totalling five full years – in the top 100. Starting its journey in 2003, it was re-released again in 2004 to promote their debut album Hot Fuss and it's become the band's most prolific hit.
From k-os doing the Cars to other recent cover songs, new spins on old tunes might be just what we needed Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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When it comes to a songwriter reimagining the work of one of their peers, the conventional thinking is that it is an homage, or an acknowledgment of one’s own musical roots. It might be a creative exercise, or perhaps an artistic outreach to a perceived kindred spirit. A cynic might see it as a calculated play to gain attention by covering an already recognizable song.
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