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Artist News
Killers recording covers album
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 26 June 2009
Since The Killers seem to have forgotten how to write a decent song, they’ve decided to record their own versions of other people’s for their fourth album.
Frontman Brandon Flowers told The NME: “[Recording a covers album is] something that we’ve always talked about doing and we’re still talking about. It’s difficult for each of us to pick songs that represent us as individuals. I mean, I have a lot of personalities myself! I’ve gone through everything from Neil Diamond to The Cars”.
Drummer Ronnie Vanucci added that he had been working on versions of songs by “Genesis, Tom Waits, a little Cyndi Lauper, [and] Iggy Pop” as well as “messing around with a couple of Fleet Foxes songs”. He said that the band had been recording the album while on tour and that “it sounds excellent”.
