If you didn’t care for the Killers’ second album, you may not be the target audience for the first solo effort from Brandon Flowers, the lead singer of the aforementioned band. But you should give it a listen anyway. The countrified slide guitar and John Cougar-esque references differentiate it from what you would get from the main band, and – to borrow from an iTunes review – Brandon’s obvious mission is to make himself the Bruce Springsteen of Clark County, Nevada. And the opening track, “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” is something you could totally hear being sung in the voice of the Boss.
Still the best new act of the last 10 years.