• Episode 10 - Kings of Leon's "Because of the Times" (2007)

  • Aug 8 2021
  • Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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Episode 10 - Kings of Leon's "Because of the Times" (2007)

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  • Perhaps for most Kings of Leons fans, their world conquering fourth album "Only by the Night" (2008) was their first introduction to the band's music. Fuelled by hit singles such as "Sex on Fire" and "Use Somebody", this Nashville-based act sounded like a stadium rock band and were indeed selling out stadiums on tour. However, in their earlier years they were better known as the Southern cousins to The Strokes, with their unique blend of Southern boogie and indie rock proving popular in the UK whilst being largely ignored back home in the US. Following the release of their first two critically acclaimed albums, Kings of Leon rubbed shoulders with established rock acts such as U2 and Pearl Jam by playing support slots on stadium tours, imbuing them with grand ambitions both professionally and sonically. The result was "Because of the Times" (2007), a more polished, reverb-drenched and lengthier third album that became the intersection between the raw garage rock of their earlier years and that big stadium rock sound they later became famous for. On this season finale, Tim and Ollie explore ultimately whether Kings of Leons' stadium ambitions on their third album was an example of running before first learning to walk.
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