
Written by Caleb shortly after the band's famously disastrous Dallas gig that led them to go on hiatus, Supersoaker - the lead to their sixth record Mechanical Bull - has a throwback Southern rock sound that recalls their early work, while lyrically it tells the story of how someone from a different band lost their inspiration. But I still think I’m saying something nice. The band's lead single from their Because Of The Times album is one of their simplest lyrically, with Caleb Followill once admitting that, after four years non-stop on the road: "Maybe at that point I was just exhausted.

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Over that time the band have gone from a wild, Southern garage band to expansive, seasoned rockers who regularly top the charts across the world. Kings of Leon have dependably delivered blistering rock anthems for almost 20 years.
