Saturday, August 6, 2011
UNCUT Q&A with Caleb and Nathan Followill of Kings of Leon:
You’ve put an even greater emphasis on atmosphere and texture this time, rather than just letting it rip. What was behind that decision?
CALEB FOLLOWILL: Whether or not our fans are ready, we just felt like if we don’t record it now, we’re never going to, so let’s go ahead and try it. Then, when we put the new stuff up to the other songs, they fit and it didn’t feel forced. There are a few people getting scared and thinkin’ that our sound is going into something different. I think it always will go into something different from album to album. If people get scared and think that they don’t like something about what we’re doing right now, it’s not like this is gonna to be the way we make music forever.
NATHAN FOLLOWILL: I think on the first listen it just seems like a slower record in the sense that people are used to us comin’ out of the gate and knockin’ your front teeth out. “Boom, here’s the Kings of Leon with a new record. Let’s go fuck shit up.”
Kings of Leon
Kings of Leon is an American rock band that formed in Nashville, Tennessee, United States in 1999, consisting of brothers Anthony “Caleb” Followill (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Ivan “Nathan” Followill (drums, percussion, backing vocals) and Michael “Jared” Followill (bass guitar, backing vocals), with their cousin Cameron “Matthew” Followill (lead guitar, backing vocals). Each member of the family group is known by their middle name (second given name) as opposed to their first given name.
The band’s early music was an upbeat blend of southern rock and blues influences but the band has gradually expanded their sound to include a variety of genres, including alternative rock.
Kings of Leon achieved initial success in the United Kingdom with nine Top 40 singles, two BRIT Awards in 2008, and all three of the band’s albums at the time peaking in the top five of the UK Albums Chart. Their third album Because of the Times also reached the number one spot. After the release ofOnly by the Night in 2008 they finally achieved chart success in their native United States. The singlesSex on Fire, Use Somebody and
Notion peaked at number one on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks, while the album itself was their first ever platinum-selling album in the US.
The band’s early music was an upbeat blend of southern rock and blues influences but the band has gradually expanded their sound to include a variety of genres, including alternative rock.
Kings of Leon achieved initial success in the United Kingdom with nine Top 40 singles, two BRIT Awards in 2008, and all three of the band’s albums at the time peaking in the top five of the UK Albums Chart. Their third album Because of the Times also reached the number one spot. After the release ofOnly by the Night in 2008 they finally achieved chart success in their native United States. The singlesSex on Fire, Use Somebody and
Notion peaked at number one on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks, while the album itself was their first ever platinum-selling album in the US.
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