The Killers have teased an enormous announcement with an ambiguous new video.
Taking to social media this night (August 21), the Las Vegas band posted a five-second black and white video of a dancer wearing carnival-style apparel within the desert.
It’s accompanied by a dramatic piece of percussive music, however no caption or additional detailed have been shared alongside it.
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— The Killers (@thekillers) August 21, 2023
Followers have shortly began speculating about what the cryptic video may imply, with concepts starting from a Tremendous Bowl halftime present announcement – with the band having lately been named because the bookies’ favorite – to a brand new single.
Whether it is teasing the approaching arrival of a music, that may mark the primary new materials from The Killers since their one-off 2022 single ‘Boy’.
Talking to NME concerning the new monitor at Mad Cool pageant in Madrid final 12 months, frontman Brandon Flowers stated it was “the music that took me again house” and was “form of the impetus for writing [2021 album] ‘Strain Machine’.”
He went on: “What’s attention-grabbing is that it simply didn’t make it onto the report – however its absence shouldn’t be a mirrored image of the standard of the music. It was an aesthetic choice to maintain it off the report.”
Drummer Ronnie Vannucci added that it was “a unique complexion”, whereas Flowers stated there was “an optimism to it”. He elaborated: “It’s within the mud, it’s within the gutter, and it’s wanting on the stars. It’s writing in additional of a brand new wave car.”
Requested whether or not they have been writing extra new materials, Flowers stated that they had been sending concepts “forwards and backwards” and speaking with their producers.
As for a brand new album, Flowers shared: “The total report will most likely be early subsequent 12 months, however there will certainly be extra releases this 12 months.”
The Killers’ final album, ‘Strain Machine‘, got here out in 2021. In a four-star evaluation, NME described it as a “fascinating, character-driven homecoming”, including: “After 20 years of bombast, the band’s contemplative idea album finds frontman Brandon Flowers reconnecting together with his roots.”
‘Strain Machine’ arrived one 12 months after ‘Imploding The Mirage‘, which earned five-stars from NME for making “one other dazzling assertion of ultra-modern pomp, and one arguably much more in line with new generations of alt-rock”. It added: “It’s a musical DeLorean: rooted in mainstream Americana however rushing into adventurous horizons.”
Again in June, Flowers was considered one of Elton John’s musical company at his Glastonbury headline slot, which noticed the pair ‘Tiny Dancer’.
“He was the primary particular person I considered to ask to return and sing with me, despite the fact that he’s performed Glastonbury six instances with The Killers,” John stated.