The new Killers album

Anyone who knows me well knows that The Killers are my boys. I declare that they are in my top 4 modern bands (post 1990) among some pretty elite company: Oasis, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Weezer (I know the last album was a fumble, but that's a whole other blog post).

Anyway, Brandon and the boys just released "Day and Age" and, I must say, it is a mixed bag. On the one hand, I think that "The World We Live In" is a superb piece of pop music, just as good as anything off the first record (excluding the limited edition). But, what on earth were they thinking with "I Can't Stay"? On a 10-song record, there is no room for this odd experiment--it belongs as a b-side somewhere else. "Goodnight, Travel Well" is overly long and basically uninteresting--i kept waiting for the soaring payoff at the end but it never came. And, "Joy Ride" sounds like something that Paul McCartney did back in the 80's akin to "Silly Love Songs" which ain't the best stuff that Sir Paul has produced. I simply need more rock from my Killers.

This album is still better than pretty much anything that came out this year (excluding Cardinology and Dig Out Your Soul by Ryan Adams and Oasis respectively) but I need to feel the charm of Hot Fuss and the power of Sam's Town on the next record. 3 out of 5 stars.