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Pressure Machine

The Killers

Pressure Machine

Seventh album from the Las Vegas rock band features the return of guitarist Dave Keuning produced by Jonathan Rado and Shawn Everett

ADM rating[?]

7.5

Label
Universal Music
UK Release date
13/08/2021
US Release date
13/08/2021
  1. 10.0 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    While documenting the shattered dreams of small town Americana, Brandon Flowers has finally created the Earth-mover that he's always lusted after – and ironically, it comes during a moment of quiet reflection
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  2. 9.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Pressure Machine is The Killers bringing rural America to life with delicate intricacy
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  3. 8.3 |   A.V. Club

    Brandon Flowers and company offer a welcome break from The Killers’ usual form on their latest album
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  4. 8.2 |   Paste Magazine

    The Las Vegas musicians—known for infectious arena anthems—quiet things down on their seventh LP
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  5. 8.0 |   The Observer

    Frontman Brandon Flowers channels his Utah childhood on this lush, uncharacteristically reflective album
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  6. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    The experiment has succeeded wildly, and the Killers need to own their new form. They've aged into something more pensive, monumental and vital
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  7. 8.0 |   DIY

    An album which invites you to dig a little deeper
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  8. 8.0 |   Clash

    A rich, rewarding experience, this isn’t an album to be understood easily – uneasy listening, it could be their most enlightening record yet
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  9. 8.0 |   All Music

    The most heartfelt and poignant statement of their careers
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  10. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    After a year in which the world has been in forced retreat, Pressure Machine is a powerful hit of someone else’s nostalgia
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  11. 8.0 |   Northern Transmissions

    The Killers have produced an album that’s been stripped of their normal razzmatazz in favour of something more reflective, tender and contemplative. It’s a new angle that fits them like a trusty pair of Levis
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  12. 8.0 |   NME

    After two decades of bombast, the band's contemplative concept album finds frontman Brandon Flowers reconnecting with his roots
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  13. 8.0 |   Slant Magazine

    The songs on the Killers’s Pressure Machine take their sweet time unfurling, luxuriating in subtle details
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  14. 7.5 |   Under The Radar

    It is most certainly The Killers’ finest album since Battle Born, and successfully proves The Killers as visionary musicians who shall surely help to define “classic rock” for many generations to come
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  15. 7.0 |   No Ripcord

    The band’s blinkered aspiration to create a classic again produces an album that is enjoyable but hollow. In that way, at least, Pressure Machine is a Killers album just like any other
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  16. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Brandon Flowers ably channels his Springsteen side on the band’s latest album
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  17. 7.0 |   XS Noize

    Pressure Machine is a mixed bag, both musically and narratively. It should be applauded for its success in creating and maintaining its established atmosphere
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  18. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    Some mountainous peaks would take it to the next level; without them it feels as though it could soon, somewhat disappointingly, disappear
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  19. 7.0 |   Beats Per Minute

    This is a new evolution for the band who, this far into their career, have taken something of a left turn to create something that is lyrically and thematically captivating
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  20. 7.0 |   Gigwise

    One of the Killers’ most evocative and essential albums
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  21. 6.6 |   Pitchfork

    Brandon Flowers dials back the pomp for an intimate, homespun, and sometimes clunky tour through the small town where he grew up
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  22. 6.0 |   Vinyl Chapters

    Musically, the record is, for the most part, forgettable, save for a few glimmers of more memorable instrumentation here and there
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  23. 6.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    While there’s no denying that the band’s typical pop hooks are still in there, everything on Pressure Machine is decidedly more downbeat than what you’d find on other Killer’ records
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  24. 6.0 |   The Independent

    Frontman Brandon Flowers has clearly put his heart into these stories of a small Bible Belt town, but they could do with a little more campfire crackle
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  25. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    A little on the nose for some tastes at times – wild horses are surely done to death by now? – but even the misses here are handled with care
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