Picked up this album the other day and started listening to it while I was writing the Left 4 Dead Guide that you should see on the site in a couple days and thought I should say something about how great it is.

I only like to talk about how good an album is if the better majority of the songs are single worthy or are catchy to some degree or if the music has something imperceptible that brings you back to it and Only by the Night is one of those albums.

The singer Caleb Followill has a really interesting voice that sounds like it should be coming out of speakers on a big open air concert from the 60’s. While I don’t agree with their choices in hairstyles, their sound is like a southern folk band mixed with something that sounds good. Cut me some slack ok? I’m not a big music reviewer but what I think you should do is check out some of the tracks on the album and see if they float your boat.

Basically if you like a sound that is upbeat, somewhat bittersweet but not about longing or cutting yourself and that you can either rock out to or lay back and chill with, check out Kings of Leon, Only by the Night. You won’t be disappointed.

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Tracks of note:

1. Sex on Fire
2. Closer
3. Crawl
4. Use Somebody
5. Notion
6. Manhattan