Kings of Leon Give Listeners a Major League Guitar Drenching with "Super Soaker"

Kings of Leon are back, in full unadulterated force. Take heed that its new album is called "Mechanical Bull". It will be out September 24th. That will give you enough time to wipe the heavy perspiration from your brows after one listen to leadoff single "Super Soaker". If you love listening to quality guitar playing and adore able minded musicians whose fret visions give audiences all over the globe something to sink their teeth into then I say pull up to the table, grab some silverware, place the stain repelling napkins where you must because tonight you'll eat like you're not one of the ninety-nine percent. The beauty of "Super Soaker" is in the reality that you don't hear Matthew Followill's lead guitar hogging all the glory. Jared Followill's bass locks in a flavor that most barbecue pit proprietors would rightly envy. Stride for stride these two guitars shape what is a aural feast you'll do well to lick clean. At the chorus the amp levels subside only long enough for lead vocalist Caleb Followill to put his uninhibited jones on a pedestal which, high up there, leaves nothing to the imagination. His defining declarative sentence is: "''Cause I'm the super soaker, red white and blew 'em all away with the kisses unclean as the words that you say". Nice imagery straddling one of those steamy Southern nights where your sanity and survival hinge on letting the screen door allow whatever sultry breeze exists to come filtering through. Caleb champions sentimental girls and begs them not to walk away from him. Drummer Nathan Followill, cousin of Caleb, Jared, and Matthew, works up a respectable lather as Caleb keeps the spotlight on those sentimental girls. I've always appreciated guitar players who realize the creative potential of the instrument, ones who jet from A chords, to C chords, to flats, to sharps, who aren't content to stay in a one or two chord primary loop because it makes the overall sound more of a commercially approachable project. Done well flipping about on the fret board gives us as listeners a chance to ramble through a fun house of twisted psychological shapes, contours, and levels of euphoria. There's no end to the vitality brimming from the song. I'm definitely looking forward to the other cuts on down the line. If they're anywhere close to being as incredible as "Super Soaker then "Mechanical Bull" stands a great chance of being one of those animals music lovers feel compelled to ride over and over until their cardiovascular systems insist they've found salvation. What a spectacular effort!!