Pressure Machine

Pressure Machine
Pressure Machine
	Standard edition cover
Studio album by the Killers
Released	August 13, 2021
Recorded	2020–2021
Studio	Battle Born (Las Vegas)
Genre	Americana; heartland rock; folk rock;
Length	51:17
Label	Island
Producer	Jonathan Rado; Shawn Everett;
The Killers chronology
Alternate cover
	Deluxe edition cover

Pressure Machine is the seventh studio album by American rock band the Killers. It was released on August 13, 2021. The album features the return of guitarist Dave Keuning to the studio with the band, after his absence on the previous album Imploding the Mirage, while bassist Mark Stoermer was absent due to difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic during recording.^[1] Jonathan Rado and Shawn Everett returned to produce the album.

Pressure Machine is a concept album based on lead singer Brandon Flowers' childhood in Nephi, Utah. The album features a guest collaboration from singer Phoebe Bridgers on the track "Runaway Horses".^[2] Heavily influenced by Bruce Springsteen, lyrical influences also include The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck and Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson.^[3]

Pressure Machine was a major critical success and charted well in a number of territories. It reached number nine on the US Billboard 200 and topped both the Top Rock Albums and Top Folk Albums charts, becoming the band's first album to chart on the latter. The album also became the Killers' seventh consecutive number-one album on the UK Albums Chart. No singles were released from the album, although music videos were produced for "Quiet Town" and "Runaway Horses" as well as "The Getting By II" from the deluxe edition.

^ Greene, Andy (3 August 2021). "The Killers Couldn't Tour Last Year. So They Wrote an Ambitious New Concept Album". Rolling Stone.
^ Richards, Will (2 August 2021). "The Killers reveal 'Pressure Machine' tracklist featuring Phoebe Bridgers". NME.
^ Baltin, Steve. "Sunday Conversation: The Killers On Their Intimate And Different New Album, Supergroups And Literature". Forbes.

[1] Greene, Andy (3 August 2021). "The Killers Couldn't Tour Last Year. So They Wrote an Ambitious New Concept Album". Rolling Stone.

[2] Richards, Will (2 August 2021). "The Killers reveal 'Pressure Machine' tracklist featuring Phoebe Bridgers". NME.

[3] Baltin, Steve. "Sunday Conversation: The Killers On Their Intimate And Different New Album, Supergroups And Literature". Forbes.

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