Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon

Kings of Leon / Aha Shake Heartbreak
Genre: music4me > Rock > Rock
Format: CD Album
Released: Tue 30 Nov 2004
Catalogue Number: RCVE664744.2
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Description:
The mysterious Followill family returns to the front porch/garage on the Kings of Leon's engaging sophomore effort, Aha Shake Heartbreak. On Youth & Young Manhood, the Kings gave Southern rock a swift kick in the rear, sounding like Lynyrd Skynyrd posing as a bunch of N.Y.U. film students (or vice versa). For their latest, the Nashville quartet raises a flag that's equal parts Confederate and Union Jack. Their success in the U.K. is understandable, as Caleb Followill's lazy drawl sounds like a cross between Bon Scott, Ray Davies, and Eddie Money with a slight Jamaican accent, but it's their seamless and agreeable blend of rock & roll, country, and Roky Erickson-style psychedelia, matched with a keen lyrical wit, that makes them fascinating to both sides of the pond. On the twenty-something barfly opener "Slow Night, So Long," Caleb laments/celebrates the soulless dance of the one-night stand ("She's opened up just like she really knows me/I hate her face, but enjoy the company") like a true student of outlaw country. It's a theme that runs rampant throughout Heartbreak, and whether it's set against a swamp-sick boogie ("Pistol of Fire") or emitted through a lonesome yodel ("Day Old Blues"), it resonates as clear and cool as the opening notes of a Creedence Clearwater Revival tune. James Christopher Monger.

Track Listing:

1.  Slow Nights, So Long
2.  King of the Rodeo
3.  Taper Jean Girl
4.  Pistol of Fire
5.  Milk
6.  The Bucket
7.  Soft
8.  Razz
9.  Day Old Blues
10.  Four Kicks
11.  Velvet Snow
12.  Rememo

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