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Brandon Flowers has revealed the album artwork and a video trailer for his hugely anticipated second solo album, The Desired Effect. Watch it below.
As previously reported, the album is due for release on 18 May and is the result of a collaboration between Flowers and producer Ariel Rechtshaid.
Flowers wrote in a handwritten note on his website: “Ariel and I have been collaborating in the studio, working twogether [sic] in the spirit of conversation, contention, and at long last, sweet contrition. No one has yet seen or heard the change. But soon, we all will.”
He has also released a video trailer for the project entitled 'Drums'.
Watch the trailer for The Desired Effect's 'Drums' below
Recently Flowers discussed his ambition for the record. "I want to be on the radio," Flowers told NME. "I've never been ashamed to say that. I can't believe where radio has gone. It seems to be such a weird world now. Where once I seemed to fit in, now I'm seen as a little different. I used to be considered mainstream, but now I'm almost avant-garde or art rock compared to what's on the radio."
He also revealed that The Desired Effect was influenced by Genesis' Peter Gabriel, Sting and Don Henley of the Eagles. "I think if you look at those people, they weren't just catering to little kids," he continued. "I think adults like pop music too, and we shouldn't be - I'm speaking for all of us - we shouldn't be listening to a lot of music that we're listening to! "There has always been pop music, but it can speak to you too, you know."
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