The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (August 21, 2020) Album • Page 24

Yeah, I see alot of people who don't care for "Fire in Bone". Song slays.

 

Agreed, Fire in Bone is one of the best on this thing. Big Talking Heads vibes.

 

I mean, they’ve referenced famous Vegas hotels a few times before and have an entire album named after one. That’s why my mind immediately went there with the pretty obscure phrase of “imploding the mirage”

 

anyone else think the vocal mix on "when the dreams run dry" are too "in front" of the music? it shocks me a bit every-time i get there on a full album run.

 

This album is NOT top heavy!

 

This is the most I’ve loved a Killers album in a long time

 

PS - Best BF solo song. So good.

 

I gotta say I kind of felt like people were over-hyping the singles a little and I wasn't quite as excited as everyone else, but I was very very wrong they were/ar fantastic, as is the whole album. Definitely their best album since Sam's Town for me. And really the first I've truly enjoyed front to back since then. And I could never call this front loaded because My God is on Side B - but again: all great.

 

And another album named after a Hotel with the album art being him in one of the rooms.

 

Also. This is my personal favorite running album of 2020 so far. This thing gets me going and keeps me going. Lol

 

On the cover – The Killers: “Music made it possible for me to dream”

“You know when someone makes a record and they say that they have 50 songs and they’re going to release another record? Well, we really are!” laughs Flowers. “We’re going to release another one in about 10 months. We’ve already gone back into the studio with Rado and Shawn. I’m excited. It might be better than this one.”

 

I know this is the oldest trick in the fucking book, but I am hoping that maybe something a little bit positive about the pandemic could be that maybe this actually does happen.....

 

I would imagine nearly every band releases an album in 2021, no ?

 

i would not imagine that, no, lol

 

I think we'll for sure see a higher than usual amount of releases though throughout the year

 

i think we’ll see more tours but the usual amount of albums

 

To me it's like, what are bands/artists, that normally would be touring all these months, doing with their free time? Safe bet would be that they're working on new music, no? And with an overall lower amount of distractions, they have more focus than ever to work on new music right now

 

alright. we’ll see.

this band took, what, 3 years between albums? and five between the one before that? i’ll take whatever bet you throw at me they don’t release a studio album in 2021.

 

I know what you mean - in the choruses anyway, it doesn’t help that the “I will be where I always was” line doesn’t seem to be following any semblance of a rhythm?

I actually like the vocal levels during the verses and the “We’re all gonna die!” part but it’d be nice to have them a little lower on the outro refrain, with more emphasis on that Welcome-to-the-Black-Parade-ish guitar line.

 

I dipped under 37 mins for a 10k last week, the secret being listening to Dying Breed nine times in a row

 

That is insane. Haha

 

Yep, that's pretty quick, haha; my best 5k ever was 20:02

 

Yeah, this album is definitely fucking great for running. Been thinking I might go try to do a 5K as fast as I can while listening to side 1.

 

I'm just picturing like 8 of us all running as fast as we can to this album and it's hilarious.

 

Next year is gonna be a wild tour year. I’ll almost be tempted to reach out to artists coming through to see if they want to do a solo acoustic set at my house or something for extra $$. Like a matinee gig idk. I feel like the rules are gonna be rewritten the next couple years.