Stream: Shadowplay - The Killers

By Derek Phillips

October 12, 2007

Recorded for the soundtrack of the Ian Curtis biopic Closer, the Killers take on the 1979 classic "Shadowplay" and actually do a hell of a job. Lead singer (and King Twat) Brandon Flowers doesn't make it easy for me to like this band, but I do.
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By Derek Phillips, October 12, 2007
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