Kings Of Leon - Youth and Young Manhood
Kings of Leon
Youth and Young Manhood
RCA (2003)
We live a few years confusing, uncertain, perhaps that is why groups rise up to Rock and Roll beneath stones, rock and live feeds of uncertainty, of course, the danger, but these are very confusing times even what appears to rock music is often simple to spot money to MTV.
Kings of Leon are three brothers from Nashville, sons of an evangelist preacher, who are also the last artifact praised by the British press, as they used to exaggerate any subject. I approached listening to this disc with a indisimulado skepticism, ready to toparme the umpteenth rehash of the Stooges, my terrible mistake in condemning a disk without even having heard ....
And that sometimes clichés, when used, it can serve to build a handful of songs exciting, powerful and brilliant, Kings of Leon have a marked accent Stoniano, on guitars, the rhythms and the voices, but This is not an impediment for the group to develop a particular way of understanding their songs, generated a strong personality will certainly be on the way these characters, real freaks who do not rock because they have done otherwise. And is that the Followill brothers, assisted by Mathew Followill on guitars (your cousin) have every appearance of believing that sing songs about alcohol-drenched nights, snuff and sex, knives, guns and murder of dawn.
Their sound is always in the coordinates of the rock of the 60 and 70, the Rolling Stones to Led Zeppelin, to southern rock bands and some types Allman Brothers Punk touch left to dilute the clarity of the sound of guitars and valve amplifiers, with these basic ingredients so they can build a convincing based on direct and catchy songs, Caleb Followill sings with conviction, with a voice rough and dry and very convincing the rest of the family to illuminate the murky shines environments and brothel antro road.
Two issues in their own right, "tranny" with a delightful trip to the Rolling Stones guitars rocking voice fortified for distillation; development with a flawless, playing slow and dangerous time, "Molly's Chambers" with a more dynamic development and a chorus devastating.
"Youth and Young Manhood" is a most interesting debut for a band that knows its way to follow soon unmark any label.
