Graeme Thomson

Only traces of their eerie early spirit remain: Kings of Leon, at OVO Hydro, reviewed

You could not call this an underpowered or even unimpressive show but there was a pummelling efficiency to it

Caleb Followill’s slurred vocals possessed a murky backwoods menace: Kings of Leon at OVO Hydro. Credit: Annalie Bouchard 
issue 09 July 2022
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A few years ago, I spoke to Mick Jagger and asked him which of the (relatively) new crop of rock groups he rated. It was a short list, I recall, and not hugely inspiring, but Kings of Leon made the cut. ‘They have a kind of Texas weirdness that you don’t find in a lot of modern rock bands,’ he reckoned.

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