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Not many bands have also had the steady and consistent pace of record releases and tours. With this being the bands fifth studio release, this is the one that will fix them up into Hall Of Fame for sure. They’ve not done one bad song over the years and they have produced some absolute gems such as Molly’s Chamber, The Bucket, Fans and Notion to name one pearler from each album.

So having toured the world, become household names and made of good few bucks along the way I wonder what to expect after the mindblowing and brilliant Only By The Night. Having progressed and risen the quality on every record, I’d imagine it to be a tough task to followill. Bum bum tish.

Come Around Sundown is that little bit more mature than it’s previous which is the pattern they’ve managed whether intentionally or not. The riffs are softer and more melodic and none of the tracks are very heavy in a Rock genre sense but more within the Indie scene but No Money has some aggression and a bit of lead solo work too! I can also understand the lyrics a little more but that might have something to do with my own maturity after being a fan of their work since Youth & Young Manhood. There seems to be more optimism too rather than the slightly darker, moodier traits that caught on to the last record – which by the way, I adored – and I like a more positive Kings Of Leon.

Their first official release to get our taste buds salivating is Radioactive (below) which is a song lingering around a few records ago but wasn’t until the beginning of recording this album where it came to fruition. The infectious guitar riff and the lovely choir backing is wonderful and is sure to be overplayed on national radio almost killing the record like Use Somebody was.

The tracks The End and Pickup Truck (below) are for me the big stadium and arena filling anthemic monsters that will have tears for the ladies and wet shoulders for the guys. Classic KOL.

All in all this is just typically another great Kings Of Leon album and of course it’s going to be number one when it is released.