When You See Yourself is out now on all streaming platforms. "Trust me, we've definitely had conversations ," Followill says. Depending on the success of widespread vaccination campaigns, could Kiwi fans be the first to hear it? Kings of Leon are now eagerly awaiting the day they are able to showcase their new material to a crowd thirsting for live music after an unprecedented drought. I feel like it's going to be a new world, whenever we do finally get to share the music." The whole world has now had a chance to take a hard look at themselves - who they are, what they're capable of. "When we came up with When You See Yourself, it didn't carry the weight it does now. "A lot of these songs really lend themselves to some beautiful moments, and I think when we do finally get out there, the live show will be something special," Followill explains. With travel still highly restricted amid the ongoing border closures, it's unlikely Kings of Leon will be announcing an international tour anytime soon - but that hasn't stopped the band from dreaming. These songs were written in a storytelling way and painted a lot of pictures - and some of those pictures popped up." "Some of the lyrics, they kind of touch on things that have happened, but it wasn't on purpose. I like to let things marinate - I'm sure some of the craziness will inspire what we do next," Followill explains. "We felt it was a better time for us to sit back and listen - not try to force ourselves into the conversation. Everything was happening so fast and the times were so crazy. "I didn't want to go in there and try to make some statement and force something.
NEW KINGS OF LEON ALBUM WALLS RELEASE DATE SERIES
We got to New Zealand and I'll be damned if we didn't get the worst food poisoning ever," Followill chuckles.ĭespite being in the midst of an undoubtedly gruelling press circuit to mark the release of the band's latest album, When You See Yourself, Followill - the musician at the helm of the alt-rock outfit - is pleasant and easygoing.Īnswering the phone in his husky, Southern drawl, Followill is all too happy to kickstart our 20-minute slot with a series of questions about New Zealand, the country he says "cemented" his then-budding relationship with model Lily Aldridge - the mother of his two children and the inspiration behind the band's classic hit, 'Sex on Fire'.Īnd despite the tumult of the past year providing fantastic fodder for socially-conscious musicians around the world, When You See Yourself is, perhaps surprisingly, not at all influenced by the political turmoil and social unrest that marked 2020. The album, which had its original release date delayed for almost a year, was recorded pre-pandemic, pre-protests, and before the political whirlwind that dominated the latter half of 2020 - a storm that called the future of a weather-beaten democracy into question. "Me and my now-wife, we weren't married at the time, and our relationship was pretty new. That's the fond memory Kings of Leon frontman Caleb Followill associates with New Zealand - a country he says the Grammy-winning four-piece is eager to return to. However, it was only when the band polished up their act, went through a style makeover (and a trip to the hairdressers.), and reigned in the rawer elements of their. Like, ‘I don’t like that song, that’s not good, we can move on from that.'” Followill added that Dravs would make Kings of Leon write new verses on the fly, or suddenly change the style of the song: “He’d be like, ‘OK, now play it like the Sex Pistols.’ And then you’ve turned a slow song into a fast one.Two people, two churning tummies, and one bathroom - a situation no couple wants to navigate in the early days of a relationship. Kings of Leon grew from strength to strength in the UK, resulting in a headline slot at Glastonbury Festival in 2008 after the success of their third album Because of the Times. “He just said things that nobody had ever said to us.
In a new interview with Billboard, the band admitted their relationship with longtime producer Angelo Petraglia had grown too safe, and bassist Jared Followill noted the various ways Dravs kept them working and experimenting. Kings of Leon decamped to Los Angeles - where they recorded their first two albums - to make Walls with producer Markus Dravs (Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Florence and the Machine).
The band has been teasing the record on social media the past few days with a short clip of strange images soundtracked by a thumping kick, an eerie drone and singer Caleb Followill saying in a voiceover, “The walls come down.”
Kings of Leon will release their seventh LP, Walls October 14th via RCA Records.
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