{"id":2087074,"date":"2026-08-10T10:19:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T07:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2087074"},"modified":"2026-08-10T10:19:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T07:19:16","slug":"listen-to-brandon-flowers-driving-new-single-tigers-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2087074","title":{"rendered":"Listen to Brandon Flowers\u2019 driving new single \u2018Tiger\u2019s Blood\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BRANDON_FLOWERS_2026_ChrisPhelps.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Listen to Brandon Flowers\u2019 driving new single \u2018Tiger\u2019s Blood\u2019<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The third solo album from The Killers&#8217; frontman, &#8216;Thrasher&#8217;, arrives next week <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Tom Skinner<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-10T11:19:16+01:00\">10th August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BRANDON_FLOWERS_2026_ChrisPhelps-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Brandon Flowers. CREDIT: Chris Phelps\" title=\"BRANDON_FLOWERS_2026_ChrisPhelps\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Brandon Flowers. CREDIT: Chris Phelps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Brandon Flowers has shared another new solo single, \u2018Tiger\u2019s Blood\u2019 \u2013 you can listen to it below.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Brandon Flowers talks new solo and Killers music \u2013 and the power of Springsteen and Oasis<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The track is the third taste of the Killers\u00a0frontman\u2019s third solo album,\u00a0\u2018Thrasher\u2019, which is out on August 21 via Island. He released the first track,\u00a0\u2018Plans\u2019, in June before dropping \u2018Paradise\u2019 last month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>\u2018Tiger\u2019s Blood\u2019 is a driving and nostalgic Bruce Springsteen-esque anthem that packs a bigger punch than Flowers\u2019 previous two offerings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The last thing that I heard\/ You were doing OK\/ We took different roads to heal the hurt\/ Not fade away<\/em>,\u201d he sings in the widescreen chorus. \u201c<em>The things that we can\u2019t explain\/ Roll on like a runaway train\/ Into the fire and out of the frame\/ Wild and gone like a runaway train<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, he recalls a \u201c<em>disposable Kodak memory<\/em>\u201d and remembers a \u201c<em>new kid in the county<\/em>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>Flowers debuted his latest single at the Newport Folk Festival recently, where he also aired some Killers classics and performed with\u00a0Lucy Dacus and Nathaniel Rateliff.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brandon Flowers - Tiger's Blood (Official Audio)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bbw9JxtLz8w?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Recorded in Nashville, the country-inspired \u2018Thrasher\u2019 was made with the singer\u2019s longtime producers Shawn Everett and Jonathan Rado, as well as guitarist David Rawlings, pedal steel player Bruce Bouton, and 85-year-old Charlie McCoy (the harmonica player who featured on all four of Bob Dylan\u2019s\u00a0Nashville records).<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming record delves into Flowers\u2019 early years, spending his childhood in the small town of Nephi, Utah. He looks back on how his father would drive him around the countryside listening to Johnny Cash\u00a0and\u00a0Waylon Jennings on the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Thrasher\u2019 is said to find the vocalist at his most personal and vulnerable, while exploring a chapter of his life that he\u2019s rarely written about before, and reminiscing about these formative years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I\u2019ve gotten older, I\u2019ve found my way back to my father\u2019s music \u2013 \u2018Country-Western\u2019 (as he called it) \u2013 and discovered that the stories I carry really feel most at home in the skin of this beautiful American tradition,\u201d Flowers said previously.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3952764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3952764\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3952764\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flowers@2000x2000.jpg\" alt=\"Brandon Flowers &apos;Thrasher&apos; artwork\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1997\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3952764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brandon Flowers \u2018Thrasher\u2019 artwork. CREDIT: Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He\u2019ll take \u2018Thrasher\u2019 out on\u00a0a UK, Ireland and North American solo tour later this year. The run of dates features a performance at the historic Royal Albert Hall in London in October. Find any remaining tickets here\u00a0(UK and Ireland) and\u00a0here\u00a0(North America).<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <i>NME<\/i>\u00a0last year, Flowers spoke about his plans for two new solo albums, describing the first one as more of a \u201cstep backwards\u201d from his 2015 record \u2018The Desired Effect\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s more in the [2010 debut]\u00a0\u2018Flamingo\u2019\u00a0direction,\u201d he told us. \u201cI made two South West records, if you want to know the truth. One is a romantic South West record, and the other is a narrative South West record which picks up where \u2018Pressure Machine\u2019\u00a0left off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thrilled about both of them, and they\u2019ll both come out before the next Killers record \u2013 but I\u2019m thrilled about the next Killers record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for future material from the Las Vegas group, Flowers told <i>NME<\/i>\u00a0it was \u201ca little too early to say\u201d what their next era would sound like.<\/p>\n<p>However, he revealed that they wouldn\u2019t be returning to the slick, synth-y style of their recent Stuart Price-produced singles \u2018Boy\u2019, \u2018Your Side Of Town\u2019 and \u2018Spirit\u2019 from greatest hits compilation \u2018Rebel Diamonds\u2019.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brandon Flowers talks Oasis, Springsteen and plans for two new solo albums and The Killers' future\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FT2BR-g65SI?start=6&amp;feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>\u201cWe will not put it out unless it is the best,\u201d the frontman said. \u201cWe\u2019ve already discussed it. It\u2019s gotta be so good or it\u2019s not worth it.\u201d He then confirmed that the new music would feature \u201call four members\u201d, after they reunited for the 2024 track\u00a0\u2018Bright Lights\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Boy\u2019, \u2018Your Side Of Town\u2019 and Spirit\u2019 were initially intended for a new Killers album, but the project was ultimately scrapped because it didn\u2019t feel \u201cauthentic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, Flowers has revealed that he has considered quitting music. \u201cI\u2019m really going through it right now: how much longer do I want to do this, what does it mean, why am I doing it anyway?\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, he told\u00a0<em>The Times<\/em> that he was in a \u201ccrisis\u201d as he struggled to decide which direction to take The Killers in next.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner 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td-module-title\">Phoebe Bridgers to make acting debut in A24 drama \u2018Primetime\u2019<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Brandon Flowers has shared another new solo single, \u2018Tiger\u2019s Blood\u2019 \u2013 you can listen to it below.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Brandon Flowers talks new solo and Killers music \u2013 and the power of Springsteen and Oasis<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The track is the third taste of the Killers\u00a0frontman\u2019s third solo album,\u00a0\u2018Thrasher\u2019, which is out on August 21 via Island. He released the first track,\u00a0\u2018Plans\u2019, in June before dropping \u2018Paradise\u2019 last month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>\u2018Tiger\u2019s Blood\u2019 is a driving and nostalgic Bruce Springsteen-esque anthem that packs a bigger punch than Flowers\u2019 previous two offerings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The last thing that I heard\/ You were doing OK\/ We took different roads to heal the hurt\/ Not fade away<\/em>,\u201d he sings in the widescreen chorus. \u201c<em>The things that we can\u2019t explain\/ Roll on like a runaway train\/ Into the fire and out of the frame\/ Wild and gone like a runaway train<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, he recalls a \u201c<em>disposable Kodak memory<\/em>\u201d and remembers a \u201c<em>new kid in the county<\/em>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>Flowers debuted his latest single at the Newport Folk Festival recently, where he also aired some Killers classics and performed with\u00a0Lucy Dacus and Nathaniel Rateliff.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brandon Flowers - Tiger's Blood (Official Audio)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bbw9JxtLz8w?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Recorded in Nashville, the country-inspired \u2018Thrasher\u2019 was made with the singer\u2019s longtime producers Shawn Everett and Jonathan Rado, as well as guitarist David Rawlings, pedal steel player Bruce Bouton, and 85-year-old Charlie McCoy (the harmonica player who featured on all four of Bob Dylan\u2019s\u00a0Nashville records).<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming record delves into Flowers\u2019 early years, spending his childhood in the small town of Nephi, Utah. He looks back on how his father would drive him around the countryside listening to Johnny Cash\u00a0and\u00a0Waylon Jennings on the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Thrasher\u2019 is said to find the vocalist at his most personal and vulnerable, while exploring a chapter of his life that he\u2019s rarely written about before, and reminiscing about these formative years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I\u2019ve gotten older, I\u2019ve found my way back to my father\u2019s music \u2013 \u2018Country-Western\u2019 (as he called it) \u2013 and discovered that the stories I carry really feel most at home in the skin of this beautiful American tradition,\u201d Flowers said previously.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3952764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3952764\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3952764\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flowers@2000x2000.jpg\" alt=\"Brandon Flowers &apos;Thrasher&apos; artwork\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1997\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3952764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brandon Flowers \u2018Thrasher\u2019 artwork. CREDIT: Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He\u2019ll take \u2018Thrasher\u2019 out on\u00a0a UK, Ireland and North American solo tour later this year. The run of dates features a performance at the historic Royal Albert Hall in London in October. Find any remaining tickets here\u00a0(UK and Ireland) and\u00a0here\u00a0(North America).<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <i>NME<\/i>\u00a0last year, Flowers spoke about his plans for two new solo albums, describing the first one as more of a \u201cstep backwards\u201d from his 2015 record \u2018The Desired Effect\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s more in the [2010 debut]\u00a0\u2018Flamingo\u2019\u00a0direction,\u201d he told us. \u201cI made two South West records, if you want to know the truth. One is a romantic South West record, and the other is a narrative South West record which picks up where \u2018Pressure Machine\u2019\u00a0left off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thrilled about both of them, and they\u2019ll both come out before the next Killers record \u2013 but I\u2019m thrilled about the next Killers record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for future material from the Las Vegas group, Flowers told <i>NME<\/i>\u00a0it was \u201ca little too early to say\u201d what their next era would sound like.<\/p>\n<p>However, he revealed that they wouldn\u2019t be returning to the slick, synth-y style of their recent Stuart Price-produced singles \u2018Boy\u2019, \u2018Your Side Of Town\u2019 and \u2018Spirit\u2019 from greatest hits compilation \u2018Rebel Diamonds\u2019.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brandon Flowers talks Oasis, Springsteen and plans for two new solo albums and The Killers' future\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FT2BR-g65SI?start=6&amp;feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>\u201cWe will not put it out unless it is the best,\u201d the frontman said. \u201cWe\u2019ve already discussed it. It\u2019s gotta be so good or it\u2019s not worth it.\u201d He then confirmed that the new music would feature \u201call four members\u201d, after they reunited for the 2024 track\u00a0\u2018Bright Lights\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Boy\u2019, \u2018Your Side Of Town\u2019 and Spirit\u2019 were initially intended for a new Killers album, but the project was ultimately scrapped because it didn\u2019t feel \u201cauthentic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, Flowers has revealed that he has considered quitting music. \u201cI\u2019m really going through it right now: how much longer do I want to do this, what does it mean, why am I doing it anyway?\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, he told\u00a0<em>The Times<\/em> that he was in a \u201ccrisis\u201d as he struggled to decide which direction to take The Killers in next.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/listen-to-brandon-flowers-driving-new-single-tigers-blood-3961700&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BRANDON_FLOWERS_2026_ChrisPhelps.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Listen to Brandon Flowers\u2019 driving new single \u2018Tiger\u2019s Blood\u2019 The third solo album from The Killers&#8217; frontman, &#8216;Thrasher&#8217;, arrives next week By Tom Skinner 10th August 2026 Brandon Flowers. 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