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There’s one track to go, and it’s another dud. His voice, with its bruised quality, is built for a ballad, as he shows immediately on a wispy little number called Claire & Eddie.Ī fast song is needed, and the Followills produce one in Echoing, a barnstorming blues that will one day persuade 100,000 people to play air guitar. ‘I’m going nowhere, if you’ve got the time,’ murmurs Caleb, catching the mood of the moment. A near-ballad, Supermarket, brings a strong hook and a strand of wistfulness. The album is shaping like a gig – the kind that sags in the middle. The title, which doesn’t appear in the lyrics, feels like a subconscious toast: to absent crowds.īut then things fall apart, with four tracks in a row that chug and chime without offering any cut and thrust. The Bandit is classic Kings Of Leon, all about the riff, while 100,000 People is an 1980s-flavoured, synth-driven love song, bearing the stamp of their British producer, Markus Dravs. The next two tracks are just as likeable in different ways. That’s a good, thought-provoking question, and it comes with all the right noises – a haunting guitar from Matthew Followill, a wiggly bassline from Jared, some crunchy drumming from Nathan and a heartfelt vocal from Caleb. The opening salvo is the not-quite-title track, When You See Yourself, Are You Far Away. When You See Yourself, their eighth album, starts as if they’re itching to prove some people wrong. To the faithful, the Followills (three brothers, Nathan, Caleb and Jared, and their cousin, Matthew, above) are rock-solid to the doubters, they’re a bit dull