Last year, Brandon Flowers of The Killer released a solo album - Flamingo. The Killers were super mainstream a few years ago - like maybe 2 years ago - with the song "Human" which admittedly is a good song, but they have other songs like I think are even better. Anyways, Brandon released a solo album Flamingo, and for some reason, I think it still sounds somewhat like The Killers, but I think that is largely due to the fact he has a super distinctive voice. The album as a whole is absolutely beautiful. It's breathtaking - the intricate melodies mixing with Brandon Flower's amazing voice make for a spectacular combination. The singles "Only the Young" and "Crossfire" are both pretty good songs, but are much more mellow than The Killers. I think I'm starting to notice a trend - when people release solo albums, they tend to be much more pure and soft than the music they make with their band. I love The Killers, but Flamingo is much more raw and stripped down, devoid of the large amount of synthesizers that The Killers albums usually use.
*Just a note, it seems like 2010 was the year for solo albums...
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