Also check out: Only By The Night - Kings Of Leon August and Everything After - Counting Crows Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival Fyez Ahmed is a Dubai-based writer. He tweets Published in The Express Tribune, Sunday Magazine, January 19 th, 2014. With prose like that what’s not to love? Sounds like: Creedence Clearwater Revival’s John Fogerty jamming with Tom Petty, with Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz on vocals. I walk a mile in your shoes/I walk a mile away/And I’ve got your shoes. Yes, 2010’s Come Around Sundown was disappointing but how do you possibly follow in the wake of Only By The Night? The only way of living up to the expectations was by creating an album like this one. Mechanical Bull should not be confused as a return to form. Fuzz soaked guitars lead into a blistering solo, with a quiet contempt showcased in the lyrics, that remind one of their 2004 single Four Kicks. However, the album is not restricted to songs about heartbreak and pain and also features upbeat tracks like Dont Matter which has the band taking a page out of the Queens of The Stone Age book. The rhythm of the songs along with frontman Caleb Followill’s heart-wrenching vocals will force you to listen to each number multiple times. Like most Kings Of Leon albums, this one too has tracks such as Wait For Me and Beautiful War that are just made for mix CDs. One of the more upbeat tracks on the album, it rivals with Rock City as the song you would want playing in the background while on a road trip with your friends. Picking up the pieces in the world I know With one in the fire and one in the snow It's a comeback story of a lifetime A comeback story of a lifetime Bent on believing everything is alright I break with the day and I've been with the night It's a comeback story of a lifetime A comeback story of a lifetime I walk a mile in your shoes And now I'. It starts with a basic riff that gets piled on with layers until you reach the eventual swell of the chorus, before fading and gradually flickering out. When the first single of the album, Supersoaker, kicks things off, you notice a theme that continues through most of the songs in the album. With Mechanical Bull, the sixth album by the three brothers and their cousin, one can sense that this is a band that has come to terms with its identity - a band that writes infectious, layered classic rock songs, drenched in the essence of the American south. Then they sold out at Madison Square Garden. The band got nominated for multiple Grammys, and even won one for best rock performance. ![]() ![]() They cut back on the moonshine and wrote about something other than having a good time at the rodeo. ![]() The band was playing to thousands in the UK but still failed to evoke the same appreciation back home. Despite hailing from Nashville, Tennessee, the Mecca of Americana, they remained unnoticed by most Americans. Their first three albums, featuring a blend of Southern rock blues, had a dedicated cult following. Kings of Leon is a band that has very little to prove. Kings of Leon return after a three-year hiatus with an album that reminds listeners of their old spark.
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