Official Kings of Leon Thread

pledgeagrievance · August 2016

No Coder said:

pledgeagrievance said:

No Coder said:

eeriepadave said:
new album "Walls" will be out in October

http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/08/kings-of-leon-set-october-release-for-new-album-walls/
Not sure what I'm hoping for on this album. The last album I loved of theirs was Because of the Times ( one of my fav albums by anyone), and I loved the first 2 as well. OBTN was good for the most part, but Come Around and Mechanical Bull only had 3-4 songs that I loved, with the rest being a bit BLAH.

Still love Caleb's voice, but they need to put together a good ALBUM, and not just a few decent songs

I would give Cone Around more spins. It's solid. Mechanical Bull I listen to the least by far

The End, Radioactive, The Immortals
Back Down South, Mi Amigo, Pickup Truck all worthy songs to the catalogue

pledgeagrievance said:

No Coder said:

eeriepadave said:
new album "Walls" will be out in October

http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/08/kings-of-leon-set-october-release-for-new-album-walls/
Not sure what I'm hoping for on this album. The last album I loved of theirs was Because of the Times ( one of my fav albums by anyone), and I loved the first 2 as well. OBTN was good for the most part, but Come Around and Mechanical Bull only had 3-4 songs that I loved, with the rest being a bit BLAH.

Still love Caleb's voice, but they need to put together a good ALBUM, and not just a few decent songs

I would give Cone Around more spins. It's solid. Mechanical Bull I listen to the least by far

The End, Radioactive, The Immortals
Back Down South, Mi Amigo, Pickup Truck all worthy songs to the catalogue
I really like The End and The Immortals, don't mind Radioactive, The Face, Pyro and No Money, but the rest are a bit blah for me and Mary and Birthday are dreadfull IMO. This album for me is so laid back it's almost asleep. Even the uptempo songs have no urgency or push about them. Mechanical Bull is similar for me, although Beautiful War is one of my favourite songs of theirs from any era.

I agree Mechanical Bull is weakest but Beautiful War is awesome

pjpitt89 · August 2016

I like Mechanical Bull better than Come Around Sundown. While there are solid tracks on it, I think the weaker ones are far weaker. Their biggest issue, for me, is that 95% of their tracks are midtempo blah and I get bored of it too quickly. Excited to see them work with a new producer on this one though.

Spiritual_Chaos · August 2016

No Coder said:
This album for me is so laid back it's almost asleep. Even the uptempo songs have no urgency or push about them.

.... Riot Act?

No Coder · August 2016

Spiritual_Chaos said:

No Coder said:
This album for me is so laid back it's almost asleep. Even the uptempo songs have no urgency or push about them.
.... Riot Act?

No - I love Riot Act!! I can see the similarities, but Riot Act has meaning and soul to it IMO, where as Come Around is just a collection of Blah songs

Spiritual_Chaos · August 2016

No Coder said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

No Coder said:
This album for me is so laid back it's almost asleep. Even the uptempo songs have no urgency or push about them.
.... Riot Act?
No - I love Riot Act!! I can see the similarities, but Riot Act has meaning and soul to it IMO, where as Come Around is just a collection of Blah songs

Haha. Calm down. I love Riot Act too.

(enjoy come around sundown too)

Of The Aggie · August 2016

I am one of those people that true KOL fans hate. I love Only By The Night and really couldn't get into their older stuff. Too folky and slow for me. I was hoping Come Around Sundown was more like OBTN, but it wasn't and I've since given up on KOL.

eeriepadave · August 2016

pjpitt89 said:
I like Mechanical Bull better than Come Around Sundown. While there are solid tracks on it, I think the weaker ones are far weaker. Their biggest issue, for me, is that 95% of their tracks are midtempo blah and I get bored of it too quickly. Excited to see them work with a new producer on this one though.

i'm with you i prefer mechanical bull over Come Around Sundown. Come Around is my least favorite. Mechanical Bull had some solid tracks.

goldrush · September 2016

Someone with too much time on their hands pointed out that all of KOL's albums so far have 5 syllables in the title. I'd never noticed that (who would really?), but it raised the question - is the album called Walls, or is that an acronym for another 5 syllable title? Like I said, too much time on their hands!

I'm in the 'fan since YAYM' camp. I saw them a couple of times on their first few UK tours, and a couple of times with PJ in 06. They're one of those bands that I forget how much I like. I can go ages without listening to them, then binge on all the albums in a row in one morning.

Spiritual_Chaos · September 2016

Of The Aggie said:
I am one of those people that true KOL fans hate. I love Only By The Night and really couldn't get into their older stuff. Too folky and slow for me. I was hoping Come Around Sundown was more like OBTN, but it wasn't and I've since given up on KOL.

Too me... Come Around Sundown was trying to do OBTN all over again. Same smooth sound and production (to my ears). Enjoy both albums. Have a harder time getting through their earlier stuff.

No Coder · September 2016

goldrush said:
Someone with too much time on their hands pointed out that all of KOL's albums so far have 5 syllables in the title. I'd never noticed that (who would really?), but it raised the question - is the album called Walls, or is that an acronym for another 5 syllable title? Like I said, too much time on their hands!

I'm in the 'fan since YAYM' camp. I saw them a couple of times on their first few UK tours, and a couple of times with PJ in 06. They're one of those bands that I forget how much I like. I can go ages without listening to them, then binge on all the albums in a row in one morning.

I'm with you - I loved their sound as soon as a friend played me YAYM. Saw them at a Festival when Aha Shake was released, then with PJ in 06 in Australia and then on the Because of the Times Tour (GREAT SHOW).
I then saw them on the OBTN tour and was far from impressed. They seem to hate that they now had 13 year olds as fans, due to the success of their stadium friendly new sound (which is what they wanted). Caleb even made a few comments about only half the crowd knowing their first 3 albums. His attitude really put me off them for a while. I haven't been back to see them since, although I think they've only toured Oz 1-2 times since then.
I liked OBTN a lot, not as much as their first 3 albums, but still played the hell out of it. Come Around was their first album that did nothing for me. It really sounded like a band that was having issues, no chemistry or spark in the sound. They got a bit back on Mechanical Bull, so I'm keen to hear where they have gone on Walls

Spiritual_Chaos · September 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAhJoXUeJ08

pearldavidson · September 2016

Spiritual_Chaos said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAhJoXUeJ08

Love the vocal melody of this song.

RobbyD462 · September 2016

Not too shabby

eeriepadave · September 2016

sounds pretty good

eeriepadave · September 2016

WALLS Tracklist:
I. Waste A Moment
II. Reverend
III. Around the World
IV. Find Me
V. Over
VI. Muchacho
VII. Conversation Piece
VIII. Eyes on You
IX. Wild
X. WALLS

i think this is the album cover

pjpjpaul · September 2016

I keep trying to give their post- Because The Time/Only By The Night era stuff a chance but I can never really get into it. I think they peaked early. Those first 3 or 4 albums were pretty special. Glad I got to see them a bunch back then and actually got to hang with them after a show in Asheville and one in Charlottesville.

mfc2006 · September 2016

Spiritual_Chaos said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAhJoXUeJ08

I like it

LukinFan · September 2016

Anyone know when the new album comes out? I've only heard October.

mfc2006 · September 2016

LukinFan said:
Anyone know when the new album comes out? I've only heard October.

October 14, Rog.

No Coder · September 2016

The new song is one of their best uptempo songs of the last few albums. Hoping the rest is at least as good

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