The cover doesn't well represent the awesome musical ambition of the record. I thought 2006's "Return to Cookie Mountain" was hard to categorize. . .and then I heard this. TV on the Radio is a "rated" band as Chuck Klosterman would say. Most critics absolutely love them, and they should as they are an incredible band. Definitely worth a listen.
And then there's new Kings of Leon record, "Only By The Night." Somehow these guys have never "broke" in the U.S. They've sold roughly around 200,000 copies of each of their records domestically and 6 million worldwide. In England they are huge. They headlined one of the Glastonbury Festival's nights this year - playing to 100,000 people. These guys are definitely "high fashion" dudes with "edgy" haircuts, way too tight pants and that general "retro thrift store" look. Maybe that's why people here don't take them seriously. It seemed like too much of a gimmick - three brothers and their cousin raised by a traveling preacher father playing southern-friend classic rock. Without any preconceptions though, "Only By The Night" is a damn good record.
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