The title of “My Favorite Band” belongs to Kings of Leon, who just released a new album called Mechanical Bull. (( The title “My ALL TIME Favorite Band” belongs to Blink — yes there is a diff )). Anyways, Mechanical Bull is the band’s s i x t h studio album II APPLAUSE II and it has been long awaited. Their last album, Come Around Sundown, was released in October of 2010 and I remember the time exactly. I was a freshman at FIT living in Manhattan, a few blocks away from school. The weather was changing, you could feel the pre-winter coolness in the air. On my walks to school every morning, I would shuffle the album and get lost in it as a way to escape the awful feeling of having to go to a three hour class at 9 in the morning. Of course I had my favorite tracks such as “Pickup Truck” and “Pyro” and because my walk only took about 5 minutes I would usually listen to those tracks first and then press shuffle. But Kings of Leon to me is a band that makes albums I really enjoy, not just a few good songs here and there. I really loved walking the streets of NYC with Come Around Sundown blasting through my headphones, so I would sometimes take a longer route to school so I could listen to a few more tracks.
A few years later, my life is very different. I no longer live in Manhattan. I moved back home to Wayne, NJ and now commute to school. My commute can be annoying because I have to drive to the bus stop, take the bus into Port Authority which can take anywhere between 30 minutes and forever depending on traffic, and then from Port Authority I walk about 12 blocks to school. This commute takes a lot longer than the 5 minute walk I made to school when I lived in Manhattan. Even though the extra travel time is a pain in the ass — there is one benefit. This time when Kings of Leon released a new album, I had enough time to listen to it in entirety before school, not just a track or two. A few of my favorite tracks off of Mechanical Bull include Rock City, Wait for me, and Comeback Story. I listen to those tracks twice.
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II If you haven’t listened to Mechanical Bull, than you are a fucking moron II LISTEN BELOW II
1) Supersoaker 0:00
2) Rock City 3:50
3) Don’t Matter 6:46
4) Beautiful War 9:34
5) Temple 14:43
6) Wait For Me 18:53
7) Family Tree 22:23
8) Comeback Story 26:13
9) Tonight 30:12
10) Coming Back Again 34:45
11) On The Chin 38:13
12) Work On Me (Bonus Track) 42:29
13) Last Mile Home (Bonus Track) 46:33
II AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE ON ITUNES II
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