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  • Kings of Leon Return with Rockin’ New Album

    Alternative Rock band Kings of Leon have returned to the scene with a new album. The album is the band’s 6th, and is titled “Mechanical Bull”. The album came out today via RCA Records and fully reflects the decade that the they have had to hone their craft and become one of the best loved bands out there.

    Apparently, critics everywhere have grown to love the band and their unique offerings.

    The idea that Mechanical Bull represents an introspective flip in Kings of Leon’s musical path is a common one among critics. Jon Caramanica of The New York Times stated that “Kings of Leon is making a U-turn,” returning to its roots. “It’s always been a haggard, handsome Southern rock band at its core, and the best songs here exude a macho kind of depression.”

    Ray Rahman of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B+. His review is in tune with those of other critics as he describes how Mechanical Bull “finds the Tennessee rockers recapturing the white-lightning-in-a-bottle spark that made their early stuff so fun.”

    “The sheer predictability of this band has proved no barrier to massiveness, and their formula remains uncommonly resilient,” The Guardian’s Kitty Empire says. Blasting back on the scene from their short hiatus, Kings of Leon is “back in the saddle, punching their timecards with a little more brio than of late and a tad more good feeling.”

    Ray Waddell of Billboard calls the record “powerful” and “diverse.” With respect to classic Kings of Leon, Waddell explains how the album highlights the band’s “turn-on-a-dime tempo changes, mysterious, atmospheric ballads, and ringing, hard-charging rockers.”

    “The Kings fold lowdown, raucous moments into what’s become their trademark sonic and emotional expansiveness,” Jon Dolan of The Rolling Stone writes. “It’s loose and down-to-earth; you can imagine them basing it out in a shed, albeit a very large one.”

    So, what do the critics say that don’t get paid for their opinions and are free to speak their minds?

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  • Kings Of Leon Return With Sixth Album

    Kings Of Leon were riding high on a huge wave of success when it seemed to come crashing down around their ears with lead singer Caleb’s health issues. Now, the band is back with a sixth studio album, and they are getting good reviews.

    By the summer of 2011, the band had been touring for nearly a decade, and while their fan base was still steady and ever-growing, the guys were tired. No one felt it more than Caleb, whose voice was in such bad shape that his doctors told him he was one show away from damaging his vocal chords forever. The news came after a show in Dallas, during which Caleb left the stage and didn’t return. His bandmates–brothers Caleb and Jared Followill, and cousin Matthew–were pissed.

    “I think, at first, we were all pretty tough on Caleb backstage that night. We were definitely angry,” drummer Nathan said of his younger brother. “At the time, we didn’t realize how severe it actually was, healthwise, for him.”

    After a two-year period of rest, the band went back into the studio to record Mechanical Bull, and the album is getting good reviews. The band was invited to “Good Morning America” today and performed live in front of a screaming audience, something the boys must have missed. And while some are calling it a “comeback”, for many fans it’s just been a brief hiatus.

    Check out the performance below.

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