Kings Of Leon Only By the Night [Import] (2 Lp's) 09/11/2012

Kings Of Leon Only By the Night [Import] (2 Lp's) 09/11/2012With their raw, organic sound, Tennessee's Kings of Leon emerged in 2003 as Southern rock for the indie garage set, sort of a Strokes for the South. While there were hints of a new direction on their third album, BECAUSE OF THE TIMES, its follow up, ONLY BY THE NIGHT, follows through with a near reinvention of the Kings' sound. ONLY BY THE NIGHT could be mistaken for avant indie cult heroes the Liars on a Southern vacation, as post punk angularity,

are classic System of a Down with their furious riffage

" which comes along a little later

while Staind's Aaron Lewis adds emotive harmony vocals to "Krwling

While many of the tracks here bring to mind such icons as Peter Gabriel

even more than GISH or SIAMESE DREAM

GRAMMY® Award-winning producer Rob Cavallo

Phoenix (bass)

Duran Duran

8 When We Were Young 9 Edging - Disc 2 - 1 You Don't Know What You've Got 2 Blink Wave 3 Bad News 4 Hurt (Interlude) 5 Turpentine 6 F*CK Face 7 Other Side 8 Childhood Format: Vinyl

guitar-bass-and-drums attack to a carefully cultivated tastelessness (see album title and cover art)

Although the majority of Marley's material is intensely political

" "Scar Tissue" and "This Velvet Glove" overflow with background harmonies