Brandon Flowers Trades Neon for Nashville on Thrasher
TL;DR
Brandon Flowers leans fully into country on his third solo LP, Thrasher, enlisting Nashville veterans like David Rawlings and Charlie McCoy to back his neo‑New Wave sensibility with twangy strings, mariachi horns, and sweeping Americana. While some tracks like Red Ground and Tiger’s Blood hit emotionally strong notes, the album often veers into heavy-handed Springsteen‑style melodrama, leaving the back roads feeling more ambitious than cohesive.
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