Barely a year after their previous album, the Kings Of Leon are already presenting their fourth album Only By The Night. The group has found its own sound with the characteristic cracking voice of Caleb Followill as the main trump card. In their early years, the group was sometimes regarded as the southern brother of but that comparison is now a bit lacking. The group is increasingly turning away
… from their frayed garage-rocking side and is moving more towards the mainstream direction of, for example, . The forward single Sex On Fire combines the best of both worlds. It's a rock song that will probably still be standing in thirty years' time. A number of other songs, such as the orchestrated 'power ballad' Notion, will leave fans from the very beginning. Kings Of Leon does not hide their ambitions and the enthusiastic reception of this album (especially in the English press), Only By The Night will undoubtedly also bring the group new fans. (PdK)more
