Ep. 32 Sam's Town

Kiara Gets Drunk and Talks About Music

“Don’t you wanna come with me? Don’t you wanna feel my bones?” In Episode 32, Kiara is joined by Matt – host of the Pick a Disc podcast – to trade takes on The Killers’ career-defining sophomore effort, Sam’s Town (2006)…(or is he just here to sabotage the whole operation from across the pond?) In this episode we explore the end of the band’s synth era and the beginning of their Americana takeover, citing the clever mystery of Brandon Flowers’ lyricism for allowing the album to span from show-stopping anthems to genuine ballads, and producing music videos that take us from spooky narratives to straight up Telenovelas. And for reasons unknown, we learn of Kiara’s skull obsession, Matt’s one-man carpool karaoke, and manage to work in comparisons to 500 Days of Summer and Bryan Adams. But at the end of the day, it is the personal connections to this collection of tracks and our experiences seeing the band perform live that make it a record we keep coming back to. So grab yourself a Bone Cocktail, after all it’s 5 o’clock somewhere!