Kings of Leon’s new record inspired by the beach
Kings of Leon are having themselves a busy summer. Between 32 summer tour dates, a gig at the Bonnaroo festival and working on the brand new album, the Followills are already hyping up what the new LP will sound like.
At a recent Bonnaroo press conference, drummer Nathan Followill talked about the followup album to 2008′s Only By The Night and when they’ll start playing some new songs live (via Spin).
“The record is coming along great,” Followill said. “It will be tough to not play the whole [new album] at Bonnaroo. We’re going to try to be very selective of what we play, but there will definitely be some new tunes.”
He also expanded a bit on how the band was recording the new album and how it’s affected the sound.
“[It was the] first time we ever recorded in New York City and we thought we’d come out with a darker record because we’d done all our records in either Nashville or Los Angeles where it’s a little more chilled out,” he said. “[But] I’ll be damned if we didn’t go in there and make a fun record! It’s got songs that are beach-y and songs that are a little more like our Youth & Young Manhood days. We’re super excited. It will be interesting to see how well received it is.”
Wow. So KOL is combining their older, raw sound with a beach mood? I’m thinking summer jams for everyone! You lucky bastards that are going to the ‘Roo better pay attention to their set and break out the sunscreen and beach balls when the new songs are played.
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