With their raw, organic sound, Tennessee’s Kings of Leon emerged in 2003 as Southern rock for that indie-garage set, sort of a Strokes for the South. Though there were hints of a new direction on their third album, Since On the TIMES, its follow-up, ONLY By the NIGHT, follows by way of using a near-reinvention on the Kings’ sound. ONLY By the NIGHT could possibly be mistaken for avant-indie cult heroes the Liars on a Southern holiday, as post-punk angularity, distorto-funk bass lines, and clattering percussion are processed by way of what sounds like the world’s biggest fuzzbox. Although you can find old-glory moments of garagey abandon, most of these tracks sound like a person sat and carefully regarded as the best solution to frame them. And that’s what makes the distinction in between getting a fine band and making a good album. ONLY By the NIGHT Track Listing : 1. Closer 2. Crawl 3. Sex On Fire 4. Use Somebody 5. Manhattan 6. Revelry 7. 17 8. Notion 9. I Want You 10. Be Somebody 11. Cold Desert