Kings of Leon - Only by the Night - YES!!!

dharma69

I'm down with this album.

I appreciate the fact that KOL is not being lazy and/or predictable and repetative. Youth and Aha are genius and moments in their time. Past.

Although you wouldn't know it by those daily juvenile videos that they're putting out, everyone's got to grow up and they're doing just that, musically. If all you want is southern rock at a breakneck pace, Youth & Aha are always there for you. I'll take those plus the progress and maturity of OBTN.

bdgavin

bump....


By the way, everyone is entitled to their opinion. I've been a huge KOL supporter through their first three albums... If I don't think their new record is up to snuff I'm going to call them out. That's a fan's right. I'm still going to buy the record and judge it for myself. I hope it is an album that grows on you, those are the best. I just have fears that it'll sound less bold, more watered down, more commercial, and rushed. I hope I'm wrong. That would be fantastic.

12345AGNST1

OK I'm going to be a bit of an asshole but KOL basically.....sucks.

How many threads do we need about this band? They not only sound like a typical mainstream teeny bopper rock band but LOOK like one too. I tried getting in this band a bunch of times, in fact I just tried once more before deciding to post this. But not to my surprise, I did not like what I was hearing.

Am I listening to the same band? Is it this crap?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHzDSmav0NM

Look to the right of the video, that ad. They look like fall out boy. Nice screams by the singer too. It seems the whole song is basically a chorus, filled with catchy hooks. Lame

Sorry guys, Kings of Leon flat out sucks.

einatshaul

scratched vinyl wrote:

you mean that in a good way? Cause I agree, but that sums up why this album isn't very good.
I love all previous KOL albums, one of my favorite bands, but the first three songs on 'Only By The night' are amazing, and then nothing! Just boring song after boring song.

And just for the record, Pitchfork has never liked KOL, even Youth and Young Manhood got a bad review, so I'm not surprised they're ripping this album extra hard.

Only is a good way! I do think they compromised a bit on this baby, but I love them no less, and I can't wait to see this one live!

facepollution

12345AGNST1 wrote:

OK I'm going to be a bit of an asshole but KOL basically.....sucks.

How many threads do we need about this band? They not only sound like a typical mainstream teeny bopper rock band but LOOK like one too. I tried getting in this band a bunch of times, in fact I just tried once more before deciding to post this. But not to my surprise, I did not like what I was hearing.

Am I listening to the same band? Is it this crap?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHzDSmav0NM

Look to the right of the video, that ad. They look like fall out boy. Nice screams by the singer too. It seems the whole song is basically a chorus, filled with catchy hooks. Lame

Sorry guys, Kings of Leon flat out sucks.

I can't believe you referred to them as a "typical mainstream teeny bopper band" then posted a link to Charmer - yeah a really typical mainstream teeny bopper song what with all that screaming........

They might look like FOB (which I personally don't think they do), but they sound nothing like them. And who cares what they look like anyway?

OK, here's your last chance for redemption, if you don't like this song, your opinion means nowt!!!!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4lP9bTzhmA

pearljgirl2010

Closer is one of the best songs I've heard in a long time...I love it! Enjoying the album as a whole too, and looking forward to Oct 12--San Diego HOB :-)

12345AGNST1

facepollution wrote:

I can't believe you referred to them as a "typical mainstream teeny bopper band" then posted a link to Charmer - yeah a really typical mainstream teeny bopper song what with all that screaming........

They might look like FOB (which I personally don't think they do), but they sound nothing like them. And who cares what they look like anyway?

OK, here's your last chance for redemption, if you don't like this song, your opinion means nowt!!!!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4lP9bTzhmA

That song was better then anything else Ive heard from them. Still wasn't anything great though.

Zoso

it's an interesting album I love closer and manhattan. Use somebody and be somebody are pretty good also but I can't help but notice it's no where near their first 3 albums. I do prefer the 'southern' version of KOL.

MattyJoe

I really like this album because it actually kinda challenges me. I'm struggling to fully grasp what their going for, and that's actually getting me into it even more. Every time I listen to it another piece falls into place.

It's an interesting album. It seems as though a lot of the songs refer to their youth as an adult would look back on their past experiences. It deals with certain elements of life before fame (Manhattan, Seventeen, I Want You, Closer), as they were working towards fame (Be Somebody, Crawl), and how fame changed everything once they got it (Use Somebody, Sex On Fire, Revelry, Notion, Cold Desert).

Musically, it seems they're trying to give us an idea of the vibe of their hometown and what their home life is like. And it's not the party-hard kinda home life, but the hang out in the backyard at 1 am drinking beers and playing guitar kinda home life. This is the reason it's a more mellow album, as opposed to Youth And Young Manhood and Aha Shake Heartbreak, which were party albums. There's also a kind of musical sadness in the album, like going home is bittersweet. They like being home, but also find it kind of depressing and lonely, which I can relate to myself.

This album kinda builds on a theme first seen in the song Talihina Sky from Youth And Young Manhood, which deals with this same theme of home being bittersweet. It's a beautiful, comforting, and often-missed place, but at the same time it's depressing, lonely, and imprisoning. They want to leave but miss it once they're gone. And it's still an inherent part of them, a part that they'll never be rid of, that gives them inspiration. It's this theme that I really like about this album because I personally relate to it a lot.

I love this album.