Kings of Leon – Walls
Released October 14th, 2016
Kings of Leon’s new album, WALLS, the head-scratching acronym which stands for “We Are Like Love Songs” isn’t some adventurous left turn towards a new genre or even a new beginning that their marketing department would have you believe. The band continues to struggle against the woodenness of their own sounds despite breaking form their longtime producer Angelo Petraglia in favor of Arcade Fire/Coldplay veteran Markus Dravs which is basically like swapping a chips ahoy for a chocolate chip cookie. With bold moves like that it seems nothing can shake the band off autopilot, and creating standard non-offensive radio rock at its most cliché. The biggest surprise on here is a few songs over the radio friendly 4 minute mark. And if you are going to pen a song titled “Conversation Piece”, it should actually be one.
2.5 of 5 stars
