The gilded nostalgia recalls the Clinton era with Flowers' closing sobriquet, “it doesn’t really matter, don’t you worry it’ll all work out,” reflecting the haphazard, trust-to-luck belief systems on which the American way seems to have been founded. That said, given the musical one-and-a-half trick pony that was Hot Fuss, the creative realisation of this stylistic volte-face has been executed in a dynamic and committed way; Sam’s Town isn't a bad record, just one with an identity crisis. Given The Killers' calculated history in career planning, one hopes that they haven't simply raided their cultural touchstones to create a path to longevity. The evidence of the two years since its release has failed to resolve that question.
The Killers' latest album, Day & Age, is set for release on November 24, 2008 in the UK and November 25, 2008 in North America.
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