The Killers

Inspiration has never eluded Las Vegas’ The Killers, and it’s a damn good thing it hasn’t, because their newest record, their third studio album entitled Day & Age, is full of their finest songs to date. “I think about moments when we were coming up with ‘When You Were Young,’ or, in this case, ‘Spaceman,'” Flowers says. “If we’d decided at that moment, ‘Let’s go to the park,’ they might not have happened. It’s scary. It almost makes me not want to stop because I could be missing out on these wonderful songs. They’re out there for the taking—you’ve just got to grab them.”

Together with bassist Mark Stoermer, guitarist Dave Keuning, and drummer Ronnie Vannucci, Flowers helped to mold the album into 10 songs that work best together as a whole, each individually describing an evolution of the Las Vegas band’s sound. “We’re always pushing ourselves,” says Stoermer, “and there’s a lot of diversity here—from anthemic rock to dance songs.” Flowers adds: “We felt like Sam’s Town was a continuation of Hot Fuss, and we feel like this is a continuation of Sam’s Town. But at the same time, Day and Age is totally different from both of them, while still sounding like us. It’s kind of looking at Sam’s Town from Mars.”