“The Las Vegas musicians—known for infectious arena anthems—quiet things down on their seventh LP”
“This country has two more national anthems than most: God Save the Queen, Three Lions and the Killers’ Mr Brightside, a song so anthemic it punches the air in its sleep. Yet the US band have never written a great ballad. This album still doesn’t deliver one, but it’s gentler and more introspective than usual. Singer Brandon Flowers – still stentorian, still pleading, a Meat Loaf Springsteen – expl”
“a fascinating, character-driven homecoming”
“Having flirted with heartland rock on their previous album, The Killers delve much deeper into the sound on the conceptual Pressure Machine.”
“Brandon Flowers ably channels his Springsteen side on the band's latest album”
“Brandon Flowers dials back the pomp for an intimate, homespun, and sometimes clunky tour through the small town where he grew up.”