June 15, 2004 - The Killers and Hot Fuss

A week after my last release a new band briefly joins my library when The Killers released their debut album "Hot Fuss" on June 15, 2004. But who are The Killers? They are a four-piece rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada consisting of drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr., bassist Mark Stoermer, guitarist Dave Keuning and lead singer/keyboardist Brandon Flowers. I'm not a huge Killers fan, with only two songs of theirs in my library, but they're both off this debut album and were both mega-singles that helped propel this album to #1 in the charts! The first one is easily their most popular song, "Mr. Brightside", and it's driven by a pretty undeniably catchy guitar riff. Flowers shows us his unique voice as he leads the way with a catchy verse overtop and there's a similarly catchy bridge that takes us to a pretty damn catchy chorus; that's a lot of catchiness, it's no wonder this song was a massive hit! Keuning plays some solid guitar throughout this song but it's Flowers that is the focal point for sure with such catchy verses and choruses. They don't stray far from the main drag, but they don't need to on this one! The other song I have is called "Somebody Told Me" and it's also got a catchy guitar riff along with Flowers playing some computer-y and epic synths. Flowers sounds pretty solid singing the verse overtop and it's a great fast-paced main riff. The chorus is uber-catchy with a groovy riff and Flowers singing a great catchy chorus as well. The synths continue to add another epic layer and this is easily my favourite song by these guys. It's upbeat, groovy and super catchy the whole way through, how could you not like it? Unfortunately I think most of the Killers material is nowhere near as good as these two songs so that's the end of their brief appearance in my library. Pretty good couple songs though!

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