Kings of Leon

Posted by: i am simon 2 on 08 July 2003

Blusey guitar rock has had IMO a welcome return to the forefront of mainstream music, for me the front runners to date have been the 'Stripes.

Whereas I once had time to read the music rags and go to gigs, unfortunatly I do not get the chance to discover the more eclectic delights I once could, and since starting my career I have had to rely on the fringe between mainstream and alternative for most of my music purchases.

These three brothers and a cousin from Nashville (sons of preachers no less) will no doubt miss out alternative and go direct to mainstream, not through glitzy marketing, but purely from the fact that their debut, Youth and young manhood, is amazing.

Simple riffs, solid if not throaty vocals and great songs.

Buy this album, it is not big or particulary clever, but is all the better for it.

This is what music is about.

Simon
Posted on: 19 July 2003 by TomK
I bought it today and it sounds promising. It's the first copy-protected CD I've bought and it stuttered on my CD3.5. However I copied it on my PC and the copy played perfectly. Is it normal for something to be fixed by doing the very thing it's meant to prevent?
Posted on: 23 July 2003 by i am simon 2
2 weeks on and I am still listening to it.

Whilst as an album it is not that complex, the vocal style is growing on me and I am getting more out of it each time I play it.

This continues to be a fun album an one of the better purchases I have made this year

Simon
Posted on: 29 July 2003 by Tom F
Listened to it on Sunday - g/f's 17yr old brother had acquired it (amongst many other CDs - where do the kids get their money?). Thought it was pretty good. Yes, it's shamelessly derivative but that doesn't stop it being a whole lotta fun.

In a similar vein, Thickfreakness by the Black keys is also worth a listen: scuzzy blues rock.

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since starting my career I have had to rely on the fringe between mainstream and alternative for most of my music purchases


IAS2 - have found much the same. It's disappointingly hard work to fit music around the working week. How do people manage to get a decent listening session in every day?