Kings of Leon ditch blues rock for more a experimental sound in Only By The Night

The Kings have been whipping music audience into a tizzy since they sidled up with their long locks, skinny jeans, facial hair and southern drawl…The follow up to their experimental third album Because Of The Times had beautiful Caleb and the Fellowills back on form.


Single, Sex On Fire…certainly was, with their highly charged video while belting out the song with that distinctive powerful voice. The album boasts the dirty track Crawl, its pumps and thrusts its way 4:06 minutes of pure pleasure.

The album leaves you convulsing with joy, hitting every pressure point. Starting slow and smooth, easing you into its pace. It climaxes by pinning you down and unleashing its full force upon you. Always in control, relentless and intense, writhing around as the guitar tears through you, with the drums pound against you and the bass smacks out the filthiest of rhythms.

The killer hooks and rhythm guitar of the melodic Manhattan conjured up images of Caleb whisking me away to the Big Apple to share a hedonistic and spontaneous life filled adventure and romance…

The Kings of Leon are a band who are yet to produce a bad album, consistently sounding fresh, this album is more grown up their teen-riddled debut and more accessible then their last album. Their sound is one not easily imitated, fusing together bluegrass country music that their Tennessee ancestors would be proud of with lashings of good old-fashioned rock.

First published 2008

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