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“He came here and listened to some demos,” Caleb says. They reached out to Markus Dravs, whose credits include work with Arcade Fire, Coldplay and Florence + The Machine. This meant also bringing in a new producer. “Our goal was to do something different, to get out of the comfort zone we’d been in for the past couple of album,” Caleb explains. Most importantly, they decided to challenge themselves, in part by getting away from the coziness of Neon Leon and heading to Los Angeles. “If it sounds big, it’s because of the song.” “Everything sounds bigger because we used fewer pedals and effects than ever before,” Caleb points out. Caleb’s vocals, usually mixed high, are often dialed down into the instrumental bed, making his sometimes elusive lyrics even harder to decipher. Throughout WALLS (an acronym for We Are Like Love Songs), their sound is vast and deep. In fact, the audience will hear something quite different from Sex On Fire, Use Somebody and their other hit singles. “But when we go into our rap song, it’ll be great.” “We might lose some people’s attention for a minute,” Caleb says. “It’s kind of an ‘Evening with’ show, our way of saying thank you to Nashville,” says Caleb, parsing his words thoughtfully while slouched back in a battered leather chair. About 6,500 fans will gather there on the Cumberland River to welcome their hometown heroes back and check out their first new material in three years, to be released Friday.īy their standards, that’s a pretty intimate show. Inside, the brothers Followill - lead singer/guitarist Caleb, 34, bassist/keyboardist Jared, 29, and drummer Nathan, 37, - relax with their cousin, lead guitarist Matthew Followill, 32, a couple of days before previewing their album, WALLS, at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater. Poke around a little more and you’ll find the rehearsal stage, the world-class recording facility … maybe even their three Grammy Awards and various Platinum and Gold certifications. Walk into Neon Leon Studios in Nashville, and you’ll see some mismatched chairs, funky spare furnishings - pretty much what you’d expect in any typical band hangout.