11 May 2024

Nashville rock family KINGS OF LEON have their
9th album, called Can We Please Have Fun out.

NME: “This is easily KOL’s most promising, liberated record for over a decade but still surprisingly restrained in places. Can they have fun? Yes it appears, in places, but they
could have had a whole lot more.”

TUTV: With singles Mustang and Nothing To Do the expectations of a back-to-their-thunderous-rock-and-roll-roots went sky-high, also because that’s what KOL promised
in interviews. They wanted to come back with lots of big bangs.

But they don’t, except for Hesitation Gen, and the two aforementioned smoking singles they serve us several solid mid-tempo rock songs. Not many fireworks. But after a couple
of spins soft-hearted, sepia-coloured tracks such as opener Ballerina Radio, Rainbow Ball, Actual Daydream, M Television and Seen revealed their bona fide quality with Caleb Followill‘s singular voice still starring in the middle. They cut their hair a long time ago, but they get older with stylish swagger and most importantly, with affectionate tunes that will last for a long time.

Maybe the rockin’ Nashville family fooled us a bit when they declared their new LP
was inspired by hefty post-punks such as Idles, but if this is their way of having fun (again),
I’m all in.

Singles/clips: Mustang / Nothing To Do / Split Screen

– MUSTANG –

– NOTHING TO DO –

– SPLIT SCREEN –

ALBUM

KOL: Instagram