The Killers - Pressure Machine (8.13.21) Album • Page 30

The outro of In The Car Outside could go on for five more minutes and I wouldn't complain

 

I keep listening to this like once a day in full at least

 

one of those random moments I’ll never forget and no idea why - I remember being on lunch break at Wal-Mart and buying Rolling Stone and reading the Sam’s Town review in the lunchroom and being really disappointed by. Then a few weeks later the album came out and I was blown away by how different it was from Hot Fuss and how much I disagreed with the review.

 

I remember reading the review ahead of time too, and then getting Sam's Town and Continuum in the mail on the same day. The latter clicked a lot faster for me than Sam's Town, which I recall finding a little jarring for how different it sounded than Hot Fuss--specifically how different Brandon sounded. But then I just kind of fell in love with one song at time, first "For Reasons Unknown" and "Read My Mind," then "Why Do I Keep Counting" and "My List," and so on.

 

He did not.

 

Setlist from tonight, their first proper show since December 2019.

1. Dying Breed
2. Spaceman
3. Human
4. Blowback
5. Smile Like You Mean It
6. Run for Cover
7. A Dustland Fairytale
8. Runaways
9. Read My Mind
10. In the Car Outside
11. All These Things That I've Done
12. Caution
13. Mr. Brightside

14. The Man
15. Sleepwalker
16. When You Were Young

Shocked they didn't play My Own Soul's Warning and Somebody Told Me.

 

Weirdly short setlist for a band with a catalog as deep as theirs is now. Opening with “Dying Breed” is clutch though.

 

Great set list. Very high energy tracks & a little Pressure Machine snuck in at the end. Classy.

 

Ngl pretty jealous of anyone who's first concert since the pandemic was seeing the Killers open with Dying Breed

 

“Dying Breed” and “My Own Soul’s Warning” are the two songs I would love to see them kick off a show with. Can’t wait for them to be here in 2022.

 

Didn't even think about the poignancy of this, but you're absolutely right. Incredible.

 

And then to follow that up with the clear/crisp guitar? during the last chorus is just perfection.

 

I really like the subtle edge that creeps into his voice when he sings “somebody’s been keeping secrets”

 

dying breed would be such a good opener

 

One of my favorite moments on the album, for sure.

 

So how do I get the DJ to play Quiet Town at this wedding so that I and I alone can scream every word aloud?

 

Lol I'm a wedding DJ and I literally just played Mr. Brightside

 

I am listening to Sam’s Town for the first time

 

"I've just been kind of busy the past 15 years"

 

It’s okay so far. I like it. Think I like Hot Fuss better

 

Holy fuck how haha.

also, enjoy.

 

I know the singles. I was never a Killers guy after the debut

 

When you were young is up there with Mr Brightside

 

Went a whole 2 days without listening to Pressure Machines. Today’s listen with good headphones was very fulfilling.