I know I got a little technical there, but itвЂ™s only to describe exactly how that tension and release is achieved. The first mini-chord raises the tension, while the lower notes of the second release it. ThereвЂ™s no vocal to distract you from it, itвЂ™s all on its own, as we again have a two-note mini-chord, but this time bending up to raise the tension in slower, descending quarter notes. The second part is really the star of the show, guitar-wise. The tension is raised as the notes rise once in pitch, then twice to a pitch so much higher than the first that my muscles tense up, before we get a release as it falls back down. Why is the first part an underdog? Because itвЂ™s mostly hidden behind the vocal hook of the song: вЂњYoooooouuuuu! Your sex is on fire!вЂќ While heвЂ™s singing that, thereвЂ™s this unbelievable thing happening in the background as this somewhat The Edge-like two-note mini-chord shreds away in speedy eighth notes. They shared the surprising story behind their bizarre album cover, what it was like working with their new producer Markus Dravs, and life in Nashville. Probably because I tend to be a fan of underdogs and lesser-knowns. Kings of Leon just released their seventh album WALLS, and Bookie caught up with Nathan and Jared Followill just before they hit the stage for their Toronto tour stop at the ACC. ItвЂ™s so intense that it actually has two moments of that tension and release вЂ“ one in each part.Д«oth parts are great, but itвЂ™s the first part that really sets my soul on fire. In terms of pitch вЂ“ how high or low the musical notes are вЂ“ itвЂ™s a mostly ascending line followed by a mostly descending line. (The others, off the top of my head, are the endlessly sustained note in RadioheadвЂ™s вЂњJust,вЂќ and the end of the guitar solos in Stevie Ray VaughanвЂ™s вЂњLife Without YouвЂќ and Juliana HatfieldвЂ™s вЂњ Simplicity is Beautiful.вЂќ) ItвЂ™s one of very few guitar parts ever that make every muscle in my body tense up for a sustained period, and then ecstatically release. Pretty sure I titled this something about a guitar lick, not a drum pattern or how old I am because 2008 seems like yesterday.ДЄmong many beautiful musical gifts, buying this album gave me the realization of just how amazing the guitar lick over the chorus of вЂњSex on FireвЂќ is. The first drum sound you hear on the album is on an off beat! I love it.Д«ut I digress again. The album had me at the snare: that first snap of the snare in вЂњCloser.вЂќ ItвЂ™s so hard and sharp and intense and on a frigginвЂ™ off beat.

How is it possible those songs are almost nine years old? So off I went to iTunes and I was shocked to see the album those songs are on, Only by the Night, came out in 2008. But IвЂ™d been hearing their new single, вЂњWaste a Moment,вЂќ on the radio lately and it reminded me how much I liked songs like вЂњSex on FireвЂќ and вЂњUse Somebody.вЂќ I wondered why I hadnвЂ™t bought any of their albums before. Like so late to the party that nobodyвЂ™s funny-drunk anymore, but are now thinks-theyвЂ™re-funny-but-in-fact-are-just-drooling drunk. I realize IвЂ™m immensely late to the Kings of Leon party.

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