Brandon Flowers: Flamingo | CD review

(Island)If Flamingo sounds just like a Killers record, that's because it nearly was. Brandon Flowers wrote these songs for his band's next album, but when the other Killers decided to take an extended hiatus, he opted to release the tracks as a solo album. That's the kind of ambition that propels Flamingo along: it's there in Stuart Price's wipe-clean production and in Flowers's heroic, disengaged vocals, which chill the songs to the bone. Take his sardonic tribute to his hometown, Welcome to ...

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