Is that supposed to be from the new album also?

Yeah, I think so.

Cool, im gonna give that a listen too

I like that one a lot better then supersoaker, ill definitely DL this album when it comes out

It's darker and a bit more punchy. I wouldn't mind if both moods are on the album.

Sounds like what happened with NIN when Trent released "Closer".

Sounds like a Because of the Times deep cut. Good enough song but little to no hook.

KOL playing "Supersoaker" last night on Jimmy Fallon:

http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/2013/07/kings-of-leon-supersoaker/

This one snuck up on me. I like it much more.
Hope the album is good.

Return to form!!

Yeah, I'm actually liking this. I had soured on this band over the past two albums like others have said, but they were one of my favorite bands through the first three albums. While I'm not sure Supersoaker is on the same level as that material, it does sound like a step back in that direction.

good song, their debut still my fav

One of the funniest ironies with this band is that other people observed that they were 'boring' live, while I always thought they were well-rehearsed. I'd always rather watch a band who can play their songs professionally than a band who is clumsy and rough, no matter how otherwise exciting the gig is.

theyre decent live, but the crowd

guess you can say that about a lot of bands these days....

Yup. Maybe that's partly what the complaints were about; a lot of people are really receptive to what crowds are like. I guess it helps that I'm in the wheelchair stands so generally don't have to deal with idiots (except the venue staff, sometimes).

I watched their embarrassing doc on Netflix the other night. They totally glossed over the whole 'we don't write our own songs' thing.....not to mention how it was they actually got signed.

This new song does absolutely nothing for me by the way. Sounds to me like these guys are rich and out of ideas.

I watched this before we hit the road, and the song has been in my head the whole time. Its better live then on that video

Im not planning on seeing them any time soon, but i hope their audience has changed after all that crap with Caleb

I guess I thought they were out of ideas half way through the first album, and then I thought it again when I listened to Because of the Times. I've always listened to KOL on the basis that they were a fun rock band, nothing more nothing less. I don't think the new one is any better or worse than the best songs I've heard from them.

But really, how manufactured are they? Did / do other people really write their songs for them? I mean really? Or is that just a myth surrounding them? Either way, I can't think of another boy band that actually drew attention to their songs being by other people.

Angelo Petraglia co-wrote the first album; I don't see that as a big deal. I can think of many successful bands who take credit for writing their own material and it's awful.

As for how they got signed, weren't they first signed as a duo (Caleb and Nathan) and the record company wanted to market them that way?

Didn't know they cowrote songs.

No big deal. A lot of the truly greats had ghost partners for writing.