Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown

As you already know, I am a huge Kings of Leon fan, so it should come as no surprise that I have been eagerly awaiting the release of their latest record Come Around Sundown. I have been listening to it for a while now and I just realized I have not posted a review.

Following up their smash hit record Only by the Night, would seem like a daunting task, but to hear the band tell it they were not concerned. “The funny thing is that Only by the Night was the first album we approached with the attitude of not trying to make a popular record. We just made the record we wanted to make and it ended up being our best-selling album. So for this new one, I don’t think any of us were thinking we had to make a record that would stand next to Only by the Night. We definitely didn't want to go in there and make a record out of fear that it wouldn't be as big.”

This record covers more ground than any of their records to date. The band explores everything from gospel to country to the big rock sound you would expect. It also brings back the garage rock sound that fans of their first studio records will remember, while songs like "The Face" will keep new fans comfortable.

The band began to record this new record in February 2010, only a few months after finishing a two year tour for Only By The Night. Their plan was to take a year off and do nothing, but..."we got bored. It was like, ‘You guys want to get together and rehearse some stuff in case we have a show?’ That always turns into new ideas and it only takes two or three to get us so excited that we think we could potentially start another record.”

Good thing they did, Come Around Sundown is a great contribution to the bands catalog and it would have sucked to have to wait another year or two for new music.