Kings Of Leon
Can We Please Have Fun
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Fun, you say? In these times of war, famine and economic strife, Nashville’s spacecountry glowerers Kings Of Leon have emerged from the weighty musings of 2021’s ‘When You See Yourself’ — wildfires, marital fracture, addiction, anxious youth — cautiously coated in silver lining for their ninth album.
‘There’s a war outside, we should all get high,’ Caleb Followill recommends as the cosmic funk groove of kicks in. Later, images of ‘panic on the streets’ are couched in the vital and excitable tones of early noughties riot-rock on . It’s misleading to suggest that Followill is in an ebullient and optimistic mood here; these are songs and , alongside moments of youthful nostalgia and romantic security, there’s a distinct sense that life, love and occasional lark must go on amid the chaos.
