The sensitive bogan’s favourite band, Kings of Leon, debuted new songs as they kicked off a US summer tour at the Event Centre in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Saturday night. The first gig of a 31 date tour, the band introduced a new song tentatively entitled ‘Immortals’ which indicates they’re using the old ‘if it ain’t broke don’t fix it’ approach, and sticking to the southern flavoured U2-esque stadium rock that made them worldwide stars with 2008’s chart topping Only By The Night.
Showing that their work with songwriter Angelo Petraglia hasn’t ventured beyond the basic ‘scratch the surface and there’s not much else there’ lyrics their fans are so fulfilled by, the song opens “Don’t be a stranger / Put one foot in front of the other,” over a typical KoL thudding bass line. Another new song Mary follows a safe alt-country groove, while a folkier acoustic number, “a song about being from the south,” according to Caleb Followill closed off the main set, before a predictable encore of Sex on Fire.
