Post by alexa on Jun 26, 2007 2:34:39 GMT
i found this review of BOTT on the website for the columbus dispatch
Great Times
A few years back, when we were all suckers for good chords and great jeans, Kings of Leon were riding high with Youth & Young Manhood, a debut album as fast and punchy as anything to explode from a garage in recent memory.
And I bet they could've kept churning out songs primped for iTunes commercials—two more albums at least—so we all owe them much thanks for abandoning childish things when they grew to be men.
Their darker 2005 follow-up trudged far from a series of catchy but unconnected singles and evinced a sound that could be angry, indignant and comically dark. Their April release, Because of the Times, delves further into shadowy arrangements, denser rock and the complex psyches of the Followill family, which composes the band.
If previous albums were meant to burn barns with a Southern style of garage rock, Times is an examination of the ashes and the heavy realities that remain after the party.
Dark and distinctive songs like "Knocked Up," "Charmer" and "The Runner" are peppered with themes of duty and parenthood, love and depression. Even more up-tempo numbers, "Camaro" in particular, express a maturity only hinted at previously.
Times is the band's most coherent album and its best—ready to be taken and enjoyed in full.
—John Ross
www.columbusalive.com/?sec=search&story=columbusalive/2007/0607/m-marquee.html
Great Times
A few years back, when we were all suckers for good chords and great jeans, Kings of Leon were riding high with Youth & Young Manhood, a debut album as fast and punchy as anything to explode from a garage in recent memory.
And I bet they could've kept churning out songs primped for iTunes commercials—two more albums at least—so we all owe them much thanks for abandoning childish things when they grew to be men.
Their darker 2005 follow-up trudged far from a series of catchy but unconnected singles and evinced a sound that could be angry, indignant and comically dark. Their April release, Because of the Times, delves further into shadowy arrangements, denser rock and the complex psyches of the Followill family, which composes the band.
If previous albums were meant to burn barns with a Southern style of garage rock, Times is an examination of the ashes and the heavy realities that remain after the party.
Dark and distinctive songs like "Knocked Up," "Charmer" and "The Runner" are peppered with themes of duty and parenthood, love and depression. Even more up-tempo numbers, "Camaro" in particular, express a maturity only hinted at previously.
Times is the band's most coherent album and its best—ready to be taken and enjoyed in full.
—John Ross
www.columbusalive.com/?sec=search&story=columbusalive/2007/0607/m-marquee.html
