For Kings of Leon, 'Can We Please Have Fun' is an explicit attempt to reintroduce some levity into their sound.
’s pivot on their ninth LP, but subtlety has never done this band any good anyway. After two drearily self-serious albums that mistook solemnity for profundity, 2016’s, the Followill quartet leave behind producer Markus Dravs and the oppressive U2 of it all on, an explicit attempt to reintroduce some levity into their sound.
Kings dial their usual bellow and wallow routine way down, while mustering just enough passion for the album’s occasional rock setpieces: “Hesitation Gen” and “Seen” are their most effective rippers in several albums, content to aim a tick below the rafters this band stopped hitting long ago. After so many humorless records that tried twice as hard for a fraction of the returns, it’s a treat hearing them kick back and settle for doing a little bit less for a change.
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