Brandon Flowers, “Plans”
He's gone country! Killers frontman Brandon Flowers revealed this week that he went to Nashville and tapped into the country music tradition for his new solo album Thrasher . To my colleague Tom Breihan, the music in the album trailer sounded like a Killers song with more pedal steel, but I was pretty taken aback by how much it resembled a country ballad from the old-time Nashville studio system. Now there's a single that continues to up the twang quotient. The post Brandon Flowers – “Plans” appeared first on Stereogum .
He's gone country! Killers frontman Brandon Flowers revealed this week that he went to Nashville and tapped into the country music tradition for his new solo album Thrasher . To my colleague Tom Breihan, the music in the album trailer sounded like a Killers song with more pedal steel, but I was pretty taken aback by how much it resembled a country ballad from the old-time Nashville studio system. Now there's a single that continues to up the twang quotient.
"Plans," the lead single from Thrasher , is out now. Flowers is the only credited writer, and like the rest of the album, it's produced by Shawn Everett and Jonathan Rado, both of whom worked on the last two Killers albums, 2020's Imploding The Mirage and 2021's Pressure Machine . Those guys threw in so many country touches here, from banjo to harmonica to swooning orchestral strings. Flowers' momentous voice translates extremely well to this genre; here, he uses it to reflect on the timeless subject of how time's crucible alters our best-laid plans.
Listen below, where you'll also find Flowers' recently announced tour dates.
TOUR DATES: 09/01 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren 09/04 - Los Angeles, CA @ John Anson Ford Theatre 09/05 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater 09/07 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater 09/08 - Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre 09/09 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox 09/11 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Red Butte 09/12 - Denver, CO @ Ogden 09/15 - St Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre 09/16 - Chicago, IL @ The Riviera Theatre 09/18 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount 09/20 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club 09/21 - Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall 09/23 - Boston, MA @ Roadrunner 09/24 - Toronto, ON @ HISTORY 10/02 - Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits 10/06 - Las Vegas, NV @ Wynn Encore Theater 10/14 - Bournemouth, UK @ Bournemouth O2 Academy 10/15 - London, UK @ Royal Albert Hall 10/17 - Bristol, UK @ Bristol Beacon 10/18 - Nottingham, UK @ Nottingham Rock City 10/20 - Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo Manchester 10/21 - York, UK @ Barbican 10/23 - Glasgow, UK @ O2 Academy Glasgow 10/24 - Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy Birmingham 10/27 - Dublin, Ire @ Olympia Theatre
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