Kings of Leon has been around for a while, but they’re still best known for their rugged, romantic, electrifying hit “Use Somebody,” which hit no. 4 on the charts back in 2008. That track alone is what the band’s fourth album Only by the Night is remembered for, but Kings of Leon has plenty of other work with which to prove their worth as musicians: four albums and three Hot 100 hits (“Sex on Fire,” “Notion” and “Radioactive” – and no, not the Imagine Dragons sensation). If the band’s evolution over the past decade is any indication, they’ve got much more to offer in the realm of rough vocals, powerful instrumentals and simple but entrancing lyrics. They’ve already released two tracks off the new album, Mechanical Bull: “Wait for Me,” a delightful earworm, and “Supersoaker,” whose opening riffs have the potential to become a Guitar Hero classic. The album drops on Sept. 24. 

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