One of the truer clichés out there is that first impressions count, and this is especially pertinent when considering music. It’s a strong enough single to conjure up excitement – in this writer, and other listeners I’m sure – for what the new album will entail. ![]() They’re better musicians now than they were when they released Youth And Young Manhood, and arguably too creative now to fall back on songwriting as one-dimensional as that of their first record, the strengths of which lie elsewhere. The verses are energetic and engaging, the chorus is effective in its simplicity and – most importantly for the chorus of any lead single – memorable.Īt the end of the day, it’s just music perhaps people should accept that the band can do whatever they want after 13 years of success, and their enjoyment of what they’re writing comes across in the sound of ‘Waste A Moment’. ![]() As Caleb sings in the track’s chorus, “take the time to waste a moment”, and just enjoy the track for what it is, which is – simply – a pretty good song. The driving bass is unmistakably that of Jared, the spontaneous drum fills those of Nathan, and Matt’s signature guitar sound features prominently throughout as well. Here, though, Kings Of Leon have taken a pretty straightforward rock template, added their usual Followill idiosyncrasies as to inject their identity, and forged a fun single. The band’s last full-length, 2013’s Mechanical Bull, serves as evidence for this ‘Supersoaker’ was seemingly clean-cut in its sound and production, but later single ‘Don’t Matter’ felt like a sequel to ‘Molly’s Chambers’, ten years in the making. Listeners have been quick to discern the lack of ‘attitude’ present on ‘Waste A Moment’, and also in the album’s title, but it’s worth considering that just because the rawness that fans have been seeking since 2008 isn’t present here, that doesn’t mean it won’t feature elsewhere on the record. It makes sense, then, that this is the song chosen by the Southern rockers to spearhead the journey towards the release of their seventh studio album, We Are Like Love Songs, which drops later this year. What you’ll hear on ‘Waste A Moment’ is more akin to ‘Supersoaker’ or ‘Radioactive’, the respective lead singles from the familial four-piece’s last two LPs. No, it’s not ‘Red Morning Light’, or ‘Four Kicks’, nor was it ever likely to be. Some of the response to this single felt rather inevitable.
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