It's taken a bit of time for me to formulate this review of Monday's gig, partly because it's not easy for me to say whether or not I like the band. You see, for me, the Killers are really two bands - one anglophile electro pop, one full-on American rock. If I'm entirely honest, I like one of them more than I like the other. A lot more. When they push the guitars to the front (both guitarist and bassist were sporting full-on beards) then it all seemed a bit, well, limp. Brandon Flowers' vocals don't really have the power to rise above the riffage (not helped, it must be said, by an occasionally muddy sound mix at the O2) and it all seems a bit limp.
The best stuff is when Flowers is allowed to take them back to the 80s for some Depeche Mode aping synth pop. Even the less familiar songs from the new album (which I have to confess to not having heard) have a groove underpinning them good enough to get OMD's foot tapping and the singles, whilst lyrically ludicrous (Human? Danser? Who cares?) are pretty dancefloor friendly.
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So did you enjoy it? I only know the single which was quite catchy but played to death.
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