The Killers’ Brandon Flowers has announced new Nashville-recorded solo album ‘Thrasher’, which sees him provide a rare glimpse into his upbringing in Utah. (NME report)
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Set for release on August 21 via Island Records, the new record marks the first solo album from the rock icon in over a decade, following on from 2015’s sophomore record ‘The Desired Effect’. Visit here to pre-order.
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Recorded in Nashville, ‘Thrasher’ sees Flowers join forces with longtime producers Shawn Everett and Jonathan Rado, as well as guitarist David Rawlings, pedal steel player Bruce Bouton, and 85-year-old Charlie McCoy (the harmonica player who featured on all four of Bob Dylan’s Nashville records).
His third solo LP focuses on Flowers’ early years, spending his childhood in the small town of Nephi, Utah, and reflecting on how his father would drive him around the countryside listening to Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings.
This chapter of the singer’s life is one that he has rarely written about, and the new album sees him reminisce about those formative years and put forward some of his most personal and vulnerable songwriting yet.
“As I’ve gotten older, I’ve found my way back to my father’s music – ‘Country-Western’ (as he called it) – and discovered that the stories I carry really feel most at home in the skin of this beautiful American tradition,” Flowers shared.
Flowers releases ‘Thrasher’ on August 21. Check out the full tracklist below:
‘Does It Ever Cross Your Mind?’
‘One Of Us’
‘Tiger’s Blood’
‘Plans’
‘Paradise’
‘Miss America’
‘Angel’
‘The Red Ground’
‘In A Heartbeat’
‘An American Dream’
