Killers, The - Pressure Machine - Vinyl Record *

The Killers' seventh studio album, Pressure Machine, draws on frontman Brandon Flowers' hometown of Nephi, Utah to reflect on the spectrum of sentiment linked to life in a small town. Co-produced by the band, Shawn Everett, and Jonathan Rado (Foxygen) - the same trio behind 2020's Imploding The Mirage - the LP was spurred on when the Covid-19 pandemic unexpectedly ceased the tour for Imploding the Mirage, affording Flowers a chance to "hear the quiet," and out of that calm, the album blooming with soft tunes that could've been "drowned out" in noisier Killers records.

For once, the epic power and big-tent turmoil of their famed, stadium-rocking sound halted. Enter Pressure Machine: a glimpse into the daily life of a humble, hard-bitten American town. It's The Killers' most confined and meaningful album yet. Pressure Machine is set firmly in Flowers' hometown of Nephi, UT, a tight-knit population of 5300, with no traffic lights, a rubber plant, wheat fields, and the West Hills. Flowers' formative years (10-16) were spent here, and he's remarked: "Had it not been for technological advances, Nephi in the 90s could've been the '50s." Songs are inspired by people he encountered growing up, plus present-day Nephi residents' takes on their town.

1. West Hills
2. Quiet Town
3. Terrible Thing
4. Cody
5. Sleepwalker
6. Runaway Horses (Ft. Phoebe Bridgers)
7. In the Car Outside
8. In Another Life
9. Desperate Things
10. Pressure Machine
11. The Getting By