Day & Age Killers review

Ok so the album was released a fair few months ago now, but i decided to post my first ever album review so that as i post more up i can hopefully see my progression. Warning...Not for the faint hearted (those who like the killers)


Initial diagnosis of `The killers' fourth album `Day & age'? A serious case of musical bipolar!

The album granted has moments of highs, which are directly followed by a complete disaster and depression of music. These changes between songs are so abrupt that it’s hard to know what emotion Brandon is trying to evoke.

The album begins with three reasonably catchy songs; `Human’ being the most well known due to the familiar case of radio overplay and its bizarre lyrics. The second single `Spaceman‘made a good follow up to `Human’ with its contagious “oh oh oh’s” and anthemic feel... Perhaps the album would have been better finished here!

Just when you think obscurity appeared to have reached a maximum `This is your life’ belts out a demon like chant creating a cold morbid atmosphere...just what the album needed! Third single `A dustland Fairytail’ does however bring the album back to a past reality through its arena built chorus, and echoes of their old techno pop sound.

With a repetitive use of lyrics identifiable from the previous two albums, the question begs whether the Killers can ever really progress. One could liken the album to an abstract piece of art; a lot of money, time and effort went into it, but nobody can really understand it apart from maybe the band themselves.

So when would you listen to this album? Well, where as previous albums `Hot Fuss’ and `Sams Town’ have provided the fans with dance floor hits, `Day & Age’ seems something more appropriate to listen to after a night out to send you into a deep sleep. NME awarded it a generous 7 out of 10… I’m afraid Brandon receives a measly 4for this one from me!

Despite this, the album has had some success which is most likely due to the beginning of their career; back in the day when `The Killers’ made sense, giving fans hope for a third amazing album. Purchasing this album however was not a complete waste; amongst the three good songs, the album case also provides a colourful tea coaster to add to your collection of disappointing albums.

Perhaps Brandon is still soul searching, trying to find the right direction for the killers. A word of advice Brandon…maybe the older songs such as the annoyingly contagious `Mr Brightside’ are better suited to this `Day & Age’.


Note to self: This was a starting point which is why it is shit. Use less words and write more concisely! Also i am the worlds biggest hypocrit as i now like this album.