The Killers Soundhaus Review from Crud Magazine

The Departure and The Killers @ the Soundhaus, Great Russel Street, Northampton, 07.07.04

Natasha House observes local boys The Departure outplayed and outshone by the bright conceptual haircuts and indie perfection of our American hosts, The Killers.

The Killers, on the other hand, came 4,000 miles to show us how Indie should have turned out, had it not turned into the sound of a bunch of curly-mopped Northeners whinging into their Wallabies. The irresistible charm of the Las Vegas quintet’s Indie disco rock quickly took over even those most Conceptual of Haircut and most Uber of Cool.

From over-earnest anthems like ‘Smile Like You Mean It’ and ‘All These Things That I’ve Done’ to the pop-perfection of ‘Mr Brightside’, The Killers have managed to rescue the remnants of British Indie, inject it with a truly ridiculous American optimism and drag it leagues across the Atlantic in order to save our poor garage-rock fatigued souls. And thank God for that.

Full review at Crud Magazine

The Killers VH1 Unplugged Videos

Somebody Told Me

 

Smile Like You Mean It

 

Mr Brightside

 

All These Things That I’ve Done