Four years after the release of their landmark debut in 2004, MTV VMA Award-winning, Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum Island Records group The Killers have completed their fourth album - and first new studio album in two years - DAY & AGE, featuring the new single, "Human" debuting worldwide September 22nd, while the digital single will be released September 30th. The new album hits stores November 25th - two days before Thanksgiving.
DAY & AGE was produced by Stuart Price, a key figure in electronic music (Les Rhythmes Digitales) who previously worked with The Killers on "Don't Shoot Me Santa," their 2007 Christmas single; as well as music on their 2007 compilation, Sawdust. Over the past five years, Price has worked as a producer, mixer, programmer, and keyboardist, including The Killers' "Mr Brightside" remix which was Grammy Nominated.
The Killers - Brandon Flowers on vocals and keyboards, guitarist David Keuning, bassist Mark Stoermer, and drummer Ronnie Vannucci - found time to complete their new album while also wrapping up their biggest summer rock festival season in the U.S. and abroad. Historic headlining gigs at England's prestigious Leeds and Reading fests coincided with an appearance on the cover of NME's August 8th issue. Earlier in 2008, the Killers took home top honors for Best Band of the Year and Best Track of the Year ("Tranquilize") at the annual NME Awards USA gala, at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on April 23rd.
DAY & AGE comes one year after the release of Sawdust (November 2007), a 17-song collection of previously unreleased session tracks, B-sides, rarities and one-offs. The album was assembled at a recording studio in New York's Hell's Kitchen, where the Killers worked with Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer Lou Reed two recordings. Two singles and videos were issued: "Shadowplay" (from the motion picture soundtrack of Control, Anton Corbijn's biopic of Ian Curtis), and "Tranquilize".
The Killers' RIAA platinum second album Sam's Town (October 2006) debuted at #2 and spun off two hit singles: the #1 Modern Rock "When You Were Young," nominated for Grammy Awards for Best Rock Song and Best Short Form Music Video; and "Read My Mind," the band's first #1 at Triple-A. Their worldwide 5 million-selling debut Hot Fuss (June 2004) was the longest-running rock album inside the top 50 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for all of 2005, logging 94 weeks on the chart - 53 of those inside the Top 50. The album spun off four solid hit singles - the Grammy-nominated anthem, "Somebody Told Me," the VMA-winning (and Grammy-nominated) "Mr. Brightside," the Modern rock hit "Smile Like You Mean It," and the Grammy-nominated "All These Things That I've Done."

美国拉斯维加斯乐队The Killers第二张录音室专辑将于10月3日发行。主唱Brandon Flowers在最近接受媒体采访时称：这张新专辑是过去20年里最好的专辑。
新专辑取名Sam's Town，是以乐队家乡的一家酒店和赌场的名字：Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall命名的，共12首歌曲。第一支单曲When You Were Young已于8月7日开始在各大电台播放，第二支单曲也已经确定为Bones，这首歌曲的MV已经拍摄完毕，即将发行。由于The Killers在美国和英国属于不同的厂牌，所以在两国通过不同的公司来发行。由伦敦独立厂牌Lizard King Records在英国发行，美国则由Island Records发行。据说这张唱片深受Bruce Springsteen以及Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers的影响。
这张专辑的两名制作人Flood和Alan Moulder均为英国人。两人以前都曾为U2、Nine Inch Nails以及The Smashing Pumpkins等乐队制作过专辑。Flood最近的作品是Placebo今年上半年的新专辑Meds，而Alan Moulder去年曾为The Smashing Pumpkins主唱Billy Corgan的首张个人专辑TheFutureEmbrace以及Nine Inch Nails的With Teeth操刀，Killers的首张专辑Hot Fuss同样有此人的参与。
The Killers乐队深受上世纪80年代英国新浪潮的影响，2004年的首张专辑Hot Fuss销量早已超过百万，并为乐队赢得五项格莱美提名等无数荣誉。
＊U2主唱Bono, Elton John共同声明：这是我最爱的新团＊葛莱美＋全英音乐奖联手追杀 入围最佳摇滚团体等5项大奖＊权威NME奖：最佳国际乐团 美国独立指标Shortlist：年度十大佳作入围 Q杂志：‘年度50大最佳专辑’
故事开始 并不是杀手
拉斯维加斯，全世界的不夜城，席琳狄翁和艾尔顿强长期驻场表演，小甜甜布兰妮偷偷跑来闪电结婚，还有…24小时营业的脱衣酒吧，好个完美的起点：主唱布兰登(Brandon)在那里，做过Gold Coast Hotel旅馆搬行李的服务生，凌晨3点被客人叫去帮忙买保险套；吉他手大卫(Dave)是Banana Republic的店员，和店里的女性客人都有‘良好关系’；鼓手罗尼(Ronnie)在教堂担任婚礼摄影师，拍摄过一对S&M夫妻带着手铐互换婚约誓词；贝斯手马克(Mark)则是医院实验室的快递，通常载送拳击手的血液或尿液去检验，最难忘的经验是一次载到了Lennox Lewis(重量级冠军)的尿液。
逼上绝路 立志做杀手
‘1996到2001年间的烂音乐把我逼急了’，杀手乐团表示：‘大部分在我们脑子里写出来的东西都比它们还要好’，出道不到4个月就获得 2005葛莱美奖+全英音乐奖共5项提名，杀手乐团的确有本事这样说。创作大碟【声名大噪Hot Fuss】拿下英国金榜周冠军、Billboard流行专辑榜Top 8！MTV音乐频道继Linkin Park之后，唯一力捧乐团。连不少前辈都成为了他们的乐迷：U2的Bono、David Bowie、Duran Duran等人高度赞赏，New Order在英国NME大奖颁奖典礼上表演时，特别将"Crystal"一曲献给台下的The Killers；Morrissey邀请他们一起在L.A巡回时向歌迷介绍：‘我很喜欢The Killers，你们应该也喜欢’，摇滚爵士Elton John在巴黎宣传时特别邀请他们一起上电视，并且公开表示‘这是我最爱的新团’。
方向明确 杀手的告白
身为美国人，却在2004年签约于英国独立厂牌Lizard King旗下，以单曲"Mr. Brightside"冲上英国流行单曲榜Top 10，因而获得美国大厂Island的一纸合约，跃身主流。首波全球单曲"Somebody Told Me"穿脑的旋律令人发噱的歌词，同步拿下Billboard现代摇滚单曲+英国金榜Top 3，声名大噪专辑一举突破300万张销售，成为2005年第一百万新团！‘很多美国的独立乐团有种奇怪的偏见，他们无法忍受“成功”，只要谁获得了商业的成绩就不是在作音乐，我觉得这种想法很奇怪’。
‘我们不想只做玩音乐自己爽的小小乐团’，主唱Brandon眼中闪着光芒，‘我们想要成为美国的U2’。或许，2005年即将和U2一起在欧洲巡演的The Killers杀手乐团早已踏上了这趟旅程。

Hot Fuss is the debut studio album by Las Vegas-based American rock band The Killers, released on June 7, 2004 in the United Kingdom and on June 15, 2004 in the United States.

Sawdust is a compilation of re-recorded B-sides, rarities, covers and remixes by the Las Vegas rock band The Killers. The album was released in various markets between November 9 and November 13, 2007, when it was released in the United States.[1] The album was first mentioned by Brandon Flowers in an interview with Billboard in late August,[2] and Rolling Stone revealed the name of the compilation in its "Smoking Section" on September 6, 2007.[3]