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| Pressure Machine | ||||
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| Released | August 13, 2021 | |||
| Recorded | 2020–2021 | |||
| Studio | Battle Born (Las Vegas) | |||
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| Length | 51:17 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
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| The Killers chronology | ||||
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.png) Deluxe edition cover | ||||
Pressure Machine is the seventh studio album by American rock band the Killers. It was released on August 13, 2021. The album features the return of guitarist Dave Keuning to the studio with the band, after his absence on the previous album, Imploding the Mirage, while bassist Mark Stoermer was absent due to difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic during recording.[1] Jonathan Rado and Shawn Everett returned to produce the album.
Pressure Machine is a concept album based on lead singer Brandon Flowers' childhood in Nephi, Utah. The album features a guest collaboration from singer Phoebe Bridgers on the track "Runaway Horses".[2] Heavily influenced by Bruce Springsteen, lyrical influences also include The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck and Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson.[3]
Pressure Machine has received generally positive reviews from critics and charted moderately well in a number of territories. It reached number nine on the US Billboard 200 and topped both the Top Rock Albums and Top Folk Albums charts, becoming the band's first album to chart on the latter. The album also became the Killers' seventh consecutive number-one album on the UK Albums Chart. No singles were released from the album, although music videos were produced for "Quiet Town" and "Runaway Horses" as well as "The Getting By II" from the deluxe edition.
- ^ Greene, Andy (3 August 2021). "The Killers Couldn't Tour Last Year. So They Wrote an Ambitious New Concept Album". Rolling Stone.
- ^ Richards, Will (2 August 2021). "The Killers reveal 'Pressure Machine' tracklist featuring Phoebe Bridgers". NME.
- ^ Baltin, Steve. "Sunday Conversation: The Killers On Their Intimate And Different New Album, Supergroups And Literature". Forbes.