New album Brandon Flowers out today: The Desired Effect

Brandon Flowers releases his new album, The Desired Effect, today on Island Records.

Almost five years since the release of his critically acclaimed solo debut, Flamingo, Flowers’ solo return follows a time of continued huge success with his band The Killers, who released the global chart-topping album Battle Born in 2012, as well as the greatest hits collection Direct Hits in 2013, selling out the likes of Wembley Stadium and Madison Square Garden while continuing to headline major festivals around the world. The release of The Desired Effect will be preceded by a smattering of club shows and select festival dates further into the spring, the first of which happened at New York City’s Webster Hall on March 24th, 2015.

As Flowers announced in a hand-written note via www.brandonflowersmusic.com earlier, he has been working with the producer Ariel Rechtshaid (Haim, Vampire Weekend, Charlie XCX), with recording taking place at The Killers’ own Battle Born studios in Las Vegas.

The first single from The Desired Effect, “Can’t Deny My Love,” was released end of March, 2015.

The tour that follows the release of The Killers frontman’s brilliant new solo album, ‘The Desired Effect’ stops in the Brussels Ancienne Belgique on Tuesday 2nd June.

BRANDON FLOWERS

- The Desired Effect -

May 18th

4 Star Album Reviews in Q Magazine, DIY, Mojo, and more!

"Big, Bold and Joyful, it's exactly what a great pop album should be" - Q (****)

"The Desired Effect really sees Flowers come into his own as a solo star; he manages to do it all with an insatiable wink" - DIY

"[It's] Awash with singles" - Mojo