After decades of putting immense pressure on themselves, Kings Of Leon just wanted to have a good time when making their new album.
The multi-Platinum, four-time Grammy winning rock band have just completed an interview with "a sock with a cigar hanging out the side of its mouth."
Through the 2010s, when rock music was eclipsed in popularity by more cutting-edge sounds, the Followills also struggled with drinking and in-fighting. " was like 'Man, can we please just have fun for this record? Let's just enjoy ourselves and not put pressure on ourselves and set these high expectations.'"
That relatively mellow album also saw Kings of Leon parting ways with RCA Records, the label that had shepherded their career ever since first signing them back in 2002.The band's origin story is a classic worth repeating. The Followill brothers — Caleb, Jared and Nathan — grow up in an itinerant, strict Pentecostal living under their evangelist preacher father.
Lead single 'Mustang' is all wiry energy and forward momentum, while 'Actual Daydream' is augmented by some dusty twang — a great fit for Caleb Followill's whisky-grain yelp.Even the lighters-aloft arena rock moments, like the slow-burning 'Ballerina Radio' and 'Split Screen', seem to possess a bit more spirit and conviction.
"That was the motto of the record and we treated it like a musical summer camp," says Nathan. "We definitely had fun."Regular visitors to our shores, Kings Of Leon's first visit was in 2004 for the late, great Big Day Out festival."We were so young as a band that we'd never really lived the rock'n'roll lifestyle… It was amazing.Working from home took on a new meaning for Kings Of Leon in 2020"I forgot to put sun block on the top of my feet.
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