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Day & Age – The Killers

Emerging from the deserts of Nevada, The Killers have gone on to increase the superstardom status much like their home town of Las Vegas. And following their previous album Sam’s Town, they mean to make that status even bigger with the latest release Day & Age by introducing sounds which aim to be larger than the arena at MGM Grand. They maybe termed post punk revivalists, but they have transgressed boundaries by collaborating with ace electronic music whiz kid Stuart Price, who probably is on speed dials for most megastars these days for his prowess of electronically modifying sounds. They peak on early enough in the album with Humans, a single which has already captured imaginations worldwide, following which the spread is quite evenly laid out in the form of alien hypnotic trip to Mars on Spaceman to the funk oriented Joy Ride. What follows is a rousing crescendo which progresses from zilch to towering proportions on A Dustland Fairytale, following which the bass inflected groove start of This Is Your Life and I Can’t Stay confuses you a bit, but is revived well when you get into the upbeat mood of Neon Tiger and progression of World We Live In, which conclude well with Goodnight Travel Well as a farewell track (wonder why they made it the penultimate one).