The Killers: Battle Born – review

(Vertigo)Some of rock's most interesting brains vacillate between the great and the prosaic. Brandon Flowers' 2010 solo album, Flamingo, revealed his current interest in classic Americana – air-punching, minor-key tunes and colourful refractions of a Vegas life, all neon lights and "girls on the corner", which Flowers, a Utah Mormon, may or may not have lived. It's a world away from the gruff, anglophile indie of Mr Brightside or the poetic pomposity of Human, which, love it or hate it, will b...

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