Imploding the Mirage
| The Killers
Imploding the Mirage
mploding the Mirage is the sixth studio album by American rock band the Killers. It was released on August 21, 2020, by Island Records in the United States and internationally by EMI. It is the band's first album without lead guitarist Dave Keuning, who has not toured or recorded with the Killers since 2017. Guitar parts are covered by Killers bassist Mark Stoermer, producer Jonathan Rado, and a variety of guest musicians including Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac) and Adam Granduciel (The War on Drugs). -Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
the Las Vegas band returns with one of their biggest and best albums, a marvelously absurd collection of synth-rock gems and arena anthems.
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NME
The Killers have made another dazzling statement of ultra-modern pomp, and one arguably even more in step with new generations of alt-rock. It’s a musical DeLorean: rooted in mainstream Americana but speeding into adventurous horizons.
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The Independent
A euphoric, bombastic album that lacks subtlety.
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Chiago Sun Times
The Killers are back, with songs of women and loyalty on ‘poppy’ new album.
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Uproxx
Imploding The Mirage is just plain fun, at a time when “fun” feels like the opposite of plain and more like a balm. When you hear this record, it often makes no sense. But I got it. My, ahem, own soul’s warning was that I needed it.
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Clash Magazine
‘Imploding The Mirage’ is the counterpoint to quarantine claustrophobia – it’s the sound of countless doors being opened, with The Killers stepping away from their limitations in a blast of undiluted ambitions.
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The Guardian
Imploding the Mirage, the band say, is a record that recaptures joy in the wake of the family’s move.
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Slug Magazine
Whether you’ve been a fan of The Killers in the past or not, or if you’re like me and you kind of fell off the bandwagon for a little while, then give this album a listen. It’s the strongest album they’ve released in a while, and I believe it has a song for everyone.
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The Sea Hawk
“Imploding the Mirage” is the group’s best album in ten years. Granted, that isn’t an extremely high bar, but even still, it’s a fun, neat listen, even if it does border on being repetitive from a structure standpoint.
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Ultimate Guitar
Between the huge, bombastic production style, extremely catchy melodic hooks, well-written lyrics, and high-profile guest appearances, "Imploding The Mirage" might be The Killers' best album in quite some time.
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Sungenre
The result is the band’s most consistent release since Sam’s Town (2006) – an album pushing a weathered group into semi-familiar territory, but with strong enough songwriting that it’s sure to leave a lasting impression, one way or another.
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The Sunflower
The Killers “Imploding the Mirage” is the hopeful album that the world needs.
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The Irish Times
Pomp, schmaltz and tunes.
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musicOMH
It’s strange to run out of complimentary adjectives when describing an album, but in reality this is the most professional, mature, clean-sounding hit of saccharine pop the band have ever delivered, and it’s certainly their best album since Day & Age.
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DIY Magazine
An album that feels rich and invigorating, and proves they’re still one of our most treasured bands for a reason.
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The Times
too perfect take on classic rock misses the mark.
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Hot Press
The Killers have upheld their side of the bargain by supplying the monster tunes; now it’s up to the Covid gods to let them back into the stadiums.
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The Standard
Arena-ready anthems with licence to thrill.
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Bring the Noise
Ultimately, Imploding The Mirage is just another move to prove why The Killers remain one of indie rock and rolls biggest 21st century bands. The Nevada natives deliver an album of glistening country rock and scintillating synth pop, side-by-side with lyrics in light, life and in love. It has taken them nearly twenty years to scope out a definitive sound which, two decades down the line, has been found on this full-length.
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meaww
The Killers broaden their horizon with a heavenly and joyful synth pop-rock album.
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No Ripcord
Imploding the Mirage is a powerful album from a hungrier and more passionate Killers that have once again embraced bombast with fearlessness, aspiration, and confidence.
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The Student Playlist
Imploding The Mirage is almost sweet in its complete lack of disillusionment, and even if it ends up being a bit more eye-roll inducing than not in places, it’s not completely deprived of some solid musical moments.
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All Music
Imploding the Mirage feels like more than just one of their best albums, but a triumphant and invigorated rut-reversal that shines with a hard-won confidence.
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Belwood Music
Imploding The Mirage was a marvellous surprise to delve into. I wasn’t expecting a record that so consistently delivered rich vibrant soundscapes and incredible hooks.
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The gm Reviews
it is truly magical.
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The Telegraph
a man down, but rocking louder than ever .
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Vinyl Chapters
Imploding the Mirage is a well constructed Killers record that sees the band in a fresh space. It’s been brought to life with a myriad of collaborations and the added guile has, even slightly, led to a record that feels both comfortable and new at the same time. A strong effort from a dying breed of surviving noughties rock bands.
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The Courier Online
Like a fine wine The Killer’s latest album, 16 years after their burst onto the scene, seems to be exploding, or should I say imploding, with youthful creativity. The multi-genre epic takes it’s listeners on a journey, stranding from childhood loves to eternal flames. It truly has it all.
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13th Floor
Taken individually, the 10 songs that make up Imploding The Mirage are just fine, but heard in one sitting they tend to all sound the same, with the trademark Killers bombast getting a bit tiresome. Perhaps it’s time to retire The Killers until everyone is ready to participate again and put the focus on Brandon’s solo career. Meanwhile, this should hold you!.
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Backseat Mafia
Imploding the Mirage may not be the album The Killers will be remembered for, but it is purely quintessentially them, just bolder and brasher.
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Diandra Reviews It All
It is an exciting, inviting quality that amps up the record’s theme: disillusionment.
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411MANIA
The Killers, perhaps for the first time, can stand as true album artists having produced a compelling and searing 42-minutes of music that rewards repeated start-to-finish listens and defies either shuffling or playlisting.
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Under the Radar Magazine
a feel good rock band can’t be held down for long. Enter: Imploding the Mirage.
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PopMatters
When the Killers' have thoughtfully contributed to contemporary discourses in the past, it's puzzling why Imploding the Mirage album is so regressive. As such, the closing title track is evermore cringey. Here Flowers uses mundane euphemisms to illustrate a visit to a prostitute ending in premature ejaculation. A fitting conclusion for an impudent album.
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The Line of Best Fit
The Killers dazzle with a flash-bang on the soaring and triumphant Imploding The Mirage.
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Gigwise
Imploding The Mirage is the sound of a band spreading out, as much informed by the authenticity of their own lives as the formative records that grounded their foundation.
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Pop Goes the Weasel
The Killers are experts at writing those songs and with ‘Imploding the Mirage’, they’ve just given us ten more.
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Sputnik Music
A sweeping and somewhat unexpected triumph for the pop-rock titans of yesteryear.
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Palatinate Online
We’re ultimately presented with an album that’s familiar, but palpably mature. The Killers are back more powerful than ever. And six albums in, it certainly shows.
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The Indian Music Nerd
The choruses are exhilarating, the melodies are cascading and the musical arrangement is elaborate, even by The Killers standard. This is equivalent to a victory lap and they’ve given their fans a project that we’ll be having on repeat for a long time.
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Our Culture
Imploding the Mirage radiates with the kind of confidence that hits differently right now, especially when the execution is so on point.
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