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- Summary: The ninth full-length studio release from Nasville-based rock band Kings of Leons was produced by Kid Harpoon.
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- Record Label: Capitol
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 8 out of 12
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Mixed: 4 out of 12
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May 10, 2024It’s a happy surprise to find a fresh, shiny energy-driving CWPHF. The tunes are sparkier, tempos more varied and the sonic textures cheerier, as though the band were given a clean shave and a hot lemon-scented towel.
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May 10, 2024In "Mustangs," which asks, "Are you a mustang or a kitty?" Your desire to answer that question may or may not depend on how deeply you spark to the album. Yet, the lyric is playful, Pop Art-provocative, and speaks to the joy, sweat, and poetic inspiration coursing through all of Can We Please Have Fun.
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May 10, 2024If you’re coming to Kings Of Leon expecting something experimental or anything really out of the ordinary, you’re a bit of a numpty (see also: Interpol, The Killers, &c.). But come to Can We Please Have Fun with an open mind and an open heart and you’ll find it’s more than worth a shot.
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May 9, 2024If you’re looking for tidy metaphors, you’ve got the wrong band. If it’s a brew of briny bass lines and funky dumb melodies that you seek, however, you’re seated at the right bar. Perhaps these tracks aren’t revelatory, but they’re worth reveling in.
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May 9, 2024Not everything here lands, and at times the raucous performances can work against the songwriting, but when it connects, this album is ready to lay a haymaker on fans.
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MojoMay 9, 2024They do sound less corporate, more like their original idiosyncratic selves. [Jun 2024, p.90]
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May 10, 2024The good news is that Caleb Followill retains one of the great rock voices, a yearning, brittle, whiskey-brined caw that’s richer than ever. Kid Harpoon’s production is invariably excellent. .... Sadly, nearly every lyric dissolves into garbled nonsense.