Mechanical Bull Reviews

Among the fans of Kings Of Leon , raise your hand if you really did not think "What a bore! " When a couple of years ago Caleb Followill and his associates made ​​their triumphal entry in the gallery of the clichés of rock, when " Come around sundown " ended to have the effect on them of the fateful second ( and fifth ) album . The unfulfilled promise , the collapse under the pressure of celebrity, the claim to overcome a gem like "Only by the Night" as well , with ease. They became New Yorkers , the four of Tennessee, but instead of enjoying the city got drunk while they put on family, ran out because they had no right to impact of their own greatness , bulky as the arenas that they could no longer contain their audience. Read the canceled dates , of those feats that seemed outputs "Spinal Tap " sickened him . But , at least , I am grateful to Caleb Followill and his three cronies not letting me live live dell'hangover also the cliché : the hangover , of course, have disposed of before recording "Mechanical bull" , which comes just ten years since " Youth & young manhood " , the debut that revealed them immature but promising . And here we are , today , the best classic rock available.
" Supersoaker ", the single which preceded the exit, contains the full promise of the album: mix the urgency of his early experience with the grandeur of stadium ( therapeutic , no?) . The piece shooting with a relentless pace , with the passion that had gone astray . It is not pure musical energy , not just uptempo - is primarily brio , is heat , is rein . Some vintage tones sound and the voice of abraded Caleb Followill - one that sang the monotonous and hoarse made ​​a trademark - do the rest, giving balance to the mixture and hinting that the promise will be kept , because it is genuine and sustainable Kings of Leon , in fact, at this point I have more problems with the curse of the "already heard" and let themselves go. "Rock City" - ie : their Nashville - continues in the work of self- reconstruction , with its mid-tempo bar , guitars soaked in whiskey and an atmosphere of constant danger , while " Do not matter " explodes frustration here is a song that seems to be a tribute to Stooges Queens of The Stone Age , punctuated by excruciating distortions , supported by a rhythm section pompatissima anger and a voice that , in some ways , reminiscent of the best recent Eddie Vedder. The Kings of Leon already had a sound -as- brand - of - factory , but lately seemed to suffer. This time, however , they are at ease and prove to themselves that the formula is not stuffy , sowing also songs like " Temple " and "Beautiful war" : distant echo of the eighties emerge so without embarrassment, even bringing to mind something the Cure and U2's "The Joshua tree " .
In a tracklist of 13 tracks all is not very important, but "Mechanical Bull " - just as it sports a single dynamite to the caliber of "Sex on Fire " - shows , among other qualities , to not rely on unnecessary filler. Indeed . And it is with " Family tree " that the album touches its peak , demonstrating that a robust and reliable system every digression and deviation is permissible. Initially built on a funk rhythm by Jared and Nathan , the first few bars this sounds like a typical piece that could end up in hell because of " improper testing " and, instead, actually then takes off thanks to a chorus -proof stage ( "I am the your family tree , I know you from A to Z , here's a secret proposal : put me hands on him " ) , the grunt of the singer and a couple of sticky riffs that , all together , they promise to make it a classic of the repertoire of KoL , those able to reconcile the different souls of their fan base .
Search for "Mechanical bull" the diversity that made ​​a case of the first Kings of Leon would be stupid - let's look that , if anything, in the next KoL that one of these days you staglieranno horizon. Here is something quite different: a band matured , completely on fire , which produces the disk you've been waiting to find ourselves the familiarity that you missed , to obtain confirmation as reassuring as the usual banal chord progression from which the quartet regularly part of Tennessee then stratificarci on a touch-up after another, blanketing of simplicity expertise of those who went there in Nashville for fashion but cut his teeth on the stages of the bars. Here's an album produced and designed in vinyl and live with which the Kings of Leon downloading the anxiety to show the world their ability to innovate and , happily conventional and relaxed in their comfort zone , they return to entertain great.

TRACKLIST :
" Supersoaker "
"Rock City"
" Do not matter "
" Beautiful war"
" Temple "
"Wait for me"
" Family tree "
" Comeback story"
" Tonight"
"Coming back again"
"On the chin"
"Work on me"
"Last mile home "