There's a strong divine element on Imploding the Mirage and I vvibe deeply with it. I think Brandon Flowers finally overcame the commercial success that Battleborn was
Sam’s Town feels like a prayer and so does The Desired Effect, I’m gonna be honest, despite being a huge The Killers’ fan, I haven’t listened to all of their albums, I feel like later on in life I’m gonna have a new The Killers phase, but at the moment I’m having a Declan McKenna phase.
But I always feel like there are divine elements in their albums, Hot Fuss has a little bit of it in All These Things That I’ve Done, Sam’s Town is the champion, the whole album feels like prayer, and Imploding the Mirage is really close to it but I can’t tell if more or less of the vibe right now because it’s too recent. Battleborn has it in some songs like Flesh and Bone which gives me real chills and is the number one song that feels like a prayer on my “songs that feel like praying” playlist.
From the first images they revealed, I felt this feeling could be coming back in the album, but when they released it, it was so much more than I had anticipated. Someone said to me that this album is depressing but I don’t agree. I think it’s inspiring, the same way Alex Turner made an entire album about decadence by embracing it, I think Brandon Flowers learned from it. Brandon’s lyrics sound and feel like a person who has found true glory would.
It wasn’t going to be easy to write a masterpiece after the commercial success of Battleborn, that I consider to be a masterpiece album that is basically everything an album by them should be amped to the max, it’s romantic, it’s a little sad and it’s divine, but I feel like Imploding the Mirage is everything and a little bit more. It’s mature, it's something that has healed and it's celestial. It’s not Miss Atomic Bomb, it’s Dying Breed, Brandon is not talking about treason and regret, he’s fighting for real love, he is finally safe, secure, after years of anxious love songs, full of overthinking, deception and miscommunication.
It feels self-conscious in a good way, this has been a recurrent theme throughout their songs but this time it sounds more sincere, I mean: “but man I thought I could fly, and when I hit the ground, it made a messed up sound and it kept on rattling through my days” won me over 02:05 minutes into the album, it’s mature, it told me what this album was about and it was like hearing someone who finally got to the place they were supposed to be, like breathing deeply after holding your breath for a little too long.
Neil Z. Yeung from ALLMUSIC said “feels like more than just one of their best albums, but a triumphant and invigorated rut-reversal that shines with a hard-won confidence.” and I couldn't agree more.
Wonderful Wonderful was a big flop, and I think now the band is back on track and ready to take on the world all over again, not with another Mr. Brightside, like everybody expects them to make, but with the ease and grace of a band who consciously found their voice and is never gonna lose it again.
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