Brandon Flowers, 'Flamingo' - First Listen

In a world exclusive, Barry Nicolson guides us through The Killers frontman’s much-anticipated debut solo effort Welcome To Fabulous Las Vegas The album opens on sparse ‘Let It Be’-esque piano chords that find Brandon waking up “In the rusted frame of a burned-out old De Ville”, before pulling himself together and “Stumbling down the boulevard/Crying, ‘Hosannah!’”, as the song’s momentum gently snowballs. We’re back in the American Mythic territory previously explored on...

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