The Killers Reveal 'Battle Born' Album Artwork And Unveil Video For 'Runaways' - Watch Now
Thursday, 26 July 2012
Written by Jon Stickler
'Battle Born', the long-awaited fourth studio album from The Killers, is set for release on 17th September 2012. The album will be preceded by the single 'Runaways', check out the brand new video for the track below.
The highly anticipated follow-up to 2008’s million-selling, hit-spawning 'Day & Age', 'Battle Born' was recorded almost entirely in The Killers’ own Las Vegas studio of the same name. Lead single 'Runaways', a small-town drama of epic proportions, is everything you could wish for from the album’s comeback single; an unmistakably American expression of romance and optimism that heralds the band’s return with cyclonic guitars and a chorus big enough to be bellowed from one end of a festival arena to the other.
'Battle Born', named after the words emblazoned on the Nevada state flag, a motto that also gave the band’s studio its name, is everything Killers fans have waited for since the group announced they would be taking a break at the start of 2010.
'Battle Born' songs came quickly, starting with 'Runaways', followed by the record’s heart-string-tugging emotional gravity-centre 'Here With Me,' and the stadia-quaking electro-rock of 'Flesh & Bone.' When the time the band had refined the body of songs, they put together a dream team of producers, recording in fits and starts and trying new things with each. The list of those involved was a who’s who of the production world, including Daniel Lanois, Steve Lillywhite, Damian Taylor, Stuart Price and Brendan O’Brien.
The Killers play UK dates later this year, beginning by headlining V Festival on August 18th and 19th, warming-up for the festival with an intimate, low-key show at Leeds 02 Academy on August 17th. Check back to Stereoboard for news of further live dates soon!
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The highly anticipated follow-up to 2008’s million-selling, hit-spawning 'Day & Age', 'Battle Born' was recorded almost entirely in The Killers’ own Las Vegas studio of the same name. Lead single 'Runaways', a small-town drama of epic proportions, is everything you could wish for from the album’s comeback single; an unmistakably American expression of romance and optimism that heralds the band’s return with cyclonic guitars and a chorus big enough to be bellowed from one end of a festival arena to the other.
