GRAMMY Award®-winning, multi-platinum rock band Kings of Leon release their 9th full-length studio album, Can We Please Have Fun, released via Capitol Records today. As its title suggests, the album, released via Capitol Records, is a document of the band cutting loose, trying new things, and, yes, having some fun. Listen to the album HERE.
The band will also release an accompanying music video for new track “Nowhere to Run” at 2pm AEST today. Shot under their own creative direction you can see Kings of Leon dancing and running wild. The band took control of all creative elements on this record – from start to finish – managing every single detail from the music to artwork and (as evident in the video) to unconventional visuals for each song. All were shot entirely themselves over two days in Nashville. Watch the video for “Nowhere To Run” HERE at 2pm AEST today, May 10.
The previously released lead single, “Mustang” continues to climb at U.S radio week over week. The song currently sits in the Top 10 at Alternative radio and Top 5 at Triple A radio in the U.S. No strangers to the radio charts, “Mustang” marks the ninth Top 10 single for the band at U.S Alternative radio.
It’s the type of music the band says they’ve always wanted to make: “This record felt special right from the beginning. From the first meeting (with Kid Harpoon), we could not have been more on the same page,” Nathan shares. “It was the most enjoyable record I’ve ever been a part of,” Caleb says. “It’s like we allowed ourselves to be musically vulnerable,” Nathan adds. “I love it when a rock band is not embarrassed to admit that every song doesn’t have to be on 11.”
Recorded at Dark Horse studio in Nashville and produced with new collaborator Kid Harpoon (Harry Styles, Florence + the Machine) the album sees a new side of Kings of Leon harkening back to their gritty origins while simultaneously finding new gears. Sonically, you can hear them unified in vision and purpose and void of all expectations.
“When you have a band, there’s a bond like no other, and when you have family, you have a bond like no other,” Caleb says. “We have both of those things. I thought, if we put all our energy toward something, who is gonna stop us? Who can stop us except us?”
Can We Please Have Fun – Tracklist:
Ballerina Radio
Rainbow Ball
Nowhere To Run
Mustang
Actual Daydream
Split Screen
Don’t Stop The Bleeding
Nothing To Do
Television
Hesitation Generation
Ease Me On
Seen
