Come Around Sundown

VINYL FORMAT. Kings of Leon present their highly anticipated fifth album, Come Around Sundown. It was recorded in New York at Avatar Studios and produced once again by Angelo Petraglia and Jacquire King. Come Around Sundown is the follow up to the hugely successful Only By the Night. It's yet another bold and expansive statement by the Nashville, Tennessee based quartet who, in the last two years, have become one of the biggest bands in the world, and also one of the most creatively restless. As proven throughout their storied career, Kings of Leon love to work. Whether writing, recording or touring, the band is constantly in motion. Once they finished touring in support of Only By the Night at the end of October of 2009, they went back in the studio to record in February 2010.

'One of the main points of curiosity concerning Only By the Night was its distinctly polished sound compared to the band's past work, something which the band attempts to confront with Come Around Sundown. The album is nothing if not cohesive-sounding - glistening with much the same production value as Only By the Night - but the band has made an obvious attempt to add a sense of familiarity which was lacking from the multi-platinum success. "The End" is a looping, distorted ballad, "Pony Up" features a bouncy bass line that signals back to some of the band's earlier records, and "Mi Amigo" comes closer to a classic rock vibe than anything else the band has done in recent memory. Even Sundown's lead single, "Radioactive," features an invigorating guitar line that coils itself around the track's infectious hook. But despite its reinvigorated sound, Come Around Sundown is still ripe with that air of uncertainty. . .' - Chris DeLine / Culture Bully