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│██ Artist : Kings Of Leon
██ Album : When You See Yourself
██ Year : 2021
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│██ Genre : Rock Quality : 840kbps avg/441kHz/2 channels
│██ Source : CD Size : 325.08Mb
│██ Encoder : FLAC 1.3.1 Language : English
:██ Cat. Nr : Label : RCA
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│▓█ Release date: 2021-03-08 Retail date: 2021-03-05
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1. When You See Yourself, Are You Far Away 5:47 ██
2. The Bandit 4:10 ██
3. 100,000 People 5:44 ██
4. Stormy Weather 3:42 ██
5. A Wave 5:23 ██
6. Golden Restless Age 4:33 ██
7. Time In Disguise 4:45 ██
8. Supermarket 4:58 ██
9. Claire & Eddie 4:52 ██
10. Echoing 3:37 ██
11. Fairytale 3:55 ██
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██│ æWhen You See YourselfÆ sees the Kings marry their interests old and
██│ new, finally embracing the mature, laid-back versions of themselves.
██│ As Caleb says, the pouty bad boys of yesteryear are long gone. It
██│ makes sense when you consider the bandÆs chronology: it was with their
██│ fourth album, the moody æOnly By The NightÆ, that things skyrocketed
██│ for Kings Of Leon, with ubiquitous hits æSex On FireÆ and æUse
██│ SomebodyÆ finally connecting with fans in the US. Now, with record
██│ number eight, theyÆve bottled everything learned on the road in the
██│ three (slightly more underwhelming) albums since, while still
██│ reconnecting with the best parts of what made the world love these
██│ boisterous, unruly rockers in the first place.
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██│ Lead single æThe BanditÆ channels the playful energy of KOL all-timers
██│ æThe BucketÆ and æKing of the RodeoÆ, with its earworm riff and vivid
██│ lyrics reminding us that storytelling, daydreaming about cowboys and
██│ reckless adventures has always been what the Followills do best. ItÆs
██│ clever to introduce the new album to the world with this
██│ crowd-pleasing track, while more vulnerable ballads and lucid
██│ battlecries patiently wait in the wings.
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██│ There are meditations on growing older (the wistful æFairytaleÆ) and
██│ statements on climate change (æClaire And EddieÆ), interspersed with
██│ love letters to quiet, domestic romance. ôOne more night, one more
██│ night will you stay here,ö Caleb sings on the albumÆs title track,
██│ urging for the world to slow down for just a moment û itÆs surprising,
██│ refreshing even, from the frontman of what used to be the
██│ quintessential party band.
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██│ Kings Of Leon spend the whole album toying with what fans might expect
██│ û and clearly have great fun doing so. Take the funk-inflected
██│ bassline of æStormy WeatherÆ, or the seductive, nostalgic lyrics of
██│ æGolden Restless AgeÆ, which muse on youth: ôYouÆre only passing
██│ through a form of you / I look in your eyes and thereÆs a rageö.
██│
██│ The dominant feeling on æWhen You See YourselfÆ is one of
██│ introspective contemplation. æSupermarketÆ, first introduced to via
██│ Instagram as an acoustic ballad called æGoing NowhereÆ last March,
██│ reworks demos dating back to 2008 and speaks of ôgoing nowhereö, but,
██│ most importantly, being someone who will ônever be whole again / Until
██│ I get cleanö.
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██│ Confessions of past errors and the dissection of situations that just
██│ arenÆt fun anymore earn the album a wisdom, where Kings Of Leon of the
██│ past might have preferred some kind of confrontation. ôIs this the
██│ world I belong to / Or just a shade of light?ö Caleb asks on æTime in
██│ DisguiseÆ, reckoning with his life lived under the spotlight for so
██│ long.
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██│ Yet there are plenty of high-energy bursts of light you can already
██│ see bringing a crowd to life, too. æEchoingÆ has the giddy adrenaline
██│ of the bandÆs electric first two albums, the aforementioned æYouth &
██│ Young ManhoodÆ (2003) and æAha Shake HeartbreakÆ (2004). And æA WaveÆ
██│ shifts from mournful keys to dynamic, almost jubilant riffs as the
██│ frontman confess a yearning to cleanse himself: ôOh, wave crash down
██│ on me / Until IÆm whole again.ö
██│
██│ Somewhere between wisdom and adrenaline, the best track on æWhen You
██│ See YourselfÆ finds Kings Of Leon at their most romantic. ôIÆll love
██│ you Ætil the day is goneö Caleb sings on æFairytaleÆ û the frontman is
██│ married to model Lily Aldridge, with whom he has two children. His
██│ brothers Nathan and Jared and cousin Matthew are all husbands and dads
██│ too; there is a sense of unified, level-headed gratitude to live û at
██│ long last û a quiet life. The violins soar, CalebÆs voice whispers and
██│ reverberates, and you finally get a sense of what pure happiness
██│ sounds like.
██│
██│ Throughout æWhen You See YourselfÆ, the frontman strains his voice
██│ less than on past records û which would sometimes muddle lyrics, but
██│ cut through any instrument with prickly tension û though itÆs still
██│ incomparable: tender and filled with tragedy one moment, electric and
██│ fearless the next. WeÆre unlikely to be totally rid of guitars on a
██│ Kings Of Leon album any time soon, but there are more daring rhythms
██│ and more sophisticated production here. It might be thanks to the
██│ bandÆs super-producer Markus Dravs, returning for a second record
██│ after æWALLSÆ, but importantly itÆs perhaps a result of Kings Of Leon
██│ being more curious and energised in themselves.
██│
██│ If there was a hump between 2011Æs dreary æCome Around SundownÆ and
██│ 2016Æs poppy æWALLSÆ, theyÆre long past it now. WeÆll be seeing the
██│ Kings for a long time to come û and if every next album is like this
██│ one, thatÆs a cause for celebration.
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