Singer Brandon Flowers of The Killers performs on the second day of the Benicassim International Music Festival (FIB) in Benicassim, Spain, on July 20, 2018. Image: AFP/Jose Jordan
The rock band is gearing toward the release of their sixth studio album, “Imploding the Mirage,” which will arrive on May 29 via Island.
The Killers are now promoting the long-awaited follow-up to 2017’s “Wonderful Wonderful” with the single “Caution.”
The flirty song features a guitar solo by none other than Lindsey Buckingham, who is best known as the lead guitarist of British-American rock ensemble Fleetwood Mac.
“Let me introduce you to the featherweight queen / She got Hollywood eyes, but you can’t shoot what she’s seen / Her momma was a dancer, and that’s all that she knew / ‘Cause when you live in the desert that’s what pretty girls do,” frontman Brandon Flowers sings in “Caution,” which was produced by Shawn Everett and Jonathan Rado.
Everett and Rado also co-produced “Imploding the Mirage” in conjunction with The Killers, with Flowers revealing in the past that the band experimented with more synthetic sounds for the album.
“We’ve been in Utah doing it. That’s where I fell in love with music for the first time; so it’s interesting to be there again and hear some of that music with the geography matching the sensation. Some of that stuff is starting to resurface and a lot of that had to do with synthesizer music. It’s always been part of our DNA but it’s definitely creeping up,” he told New Musical Express at the time.
In addition to Buckingham, “Imploding the Mirage” will feature contributions from Weyes Blood, the War on Drugs’ Adam Granduciel, k.d. lang, Blake Mills and Lucius.
While they are preparing for the release of their sixth opus, The Killers have recently announced additional tour dates in support of “Imploding the Mirage.”
The veteran rockers will kick off their United Kingdom and European tour on May 26 with a concert at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, England.
They are set to appear at various summer festivals around the European continent, including Lollapalooza (Stockholm), Mad Cool Festival and Bilbao BBK Live.
The Killers will embark in mid-August on a North American tour with Johnny Marr serving as their opener, with the trek wrapping up on Oct. 10 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. CL /ra
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