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The Killers

The Killers are one of the best of America's young bands, and with their charismatic stage presence, to go with their good songs, they'll be one of the great rock acts of the early part of the 21st Century. They've already won prestigious awards, including 'NME Magazine's Best International Band (2005)' and 'World Music Awards, World's Best Selling New Group (2005)'. One good thing to have come out of Las Vegas.

Killers - 'Day And Age'
Day And Age - available from Amazon.co.uk

Recommended album: Hot Fuss (Amazon.co.uk) Hot Fuss (Amazon.com)
by: The Killers

Amazon.co.uk Review:
The Killers might hail from one of the USA's most quintessentially American cities (Las Vegas), but their debut album Hot Fuss displays an Anglophilic streak that is an ocean wide. Steeped in the back-catalogue of the Smiths and Pulp, with broad 80s synth sweeps cloaking each tale of fraught metrosexual romance, this band clearly rate the swoon over the swagger. Still, this is almost entirely an upbeat record, one made for the packed club than the smoky VIP room; in particular "On Top", "Somebody Told Me" and "Mr Brightside" are tremendous examples of breathless indie-pop that gallop along like a lovestuck heartbeat with frontman Brandon Flowers gasping for breath on the claustrophobic disco floor. This is, inarguably, what the Killers do best. Even when they deviate from form they’ve got a few neat ideas--see the gospel choir that echoes back Flowers' repeated exclamation "I've got soul/ But I'm not a soldier" on "All These Things I've Done", or the self-consciously epic "Indie Rock'n'Roll", delivered by the Killers with all the fireworks and gusto of a curtain-closing Broadway showtune. --Louis Pattison

The Killers : Hot Fuss
Band Members: Brandon Flowers - vocals, keyboards; Dave Keuning - guitar, vocals; Mark Stoermer – bass; Ronnie Vannucci Jr. – drums.

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