Brandon Flowers has spoken to NME about his third solo album, 'Thrasher', which draws heavily on his childhood in rural Utah and the country music his father played him growing up, including Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. The Killers frontman said he now feels equipped as a songwriter to explore the darker sides of his early years, describing the record as a more personal continuation of the Americana style established on 'Sam's Town' and 'Pressure Machine'. He explained that at 45 he finally has the craft and confidence to tell these stories in a way he couldn't earlier in his career.

The album, out on Friday 21 August, was recorded in Nashville and reunites Flowers with producers Shawn Everett and Jonathan Rado, alongside guitarist David Rawlings, pedal steel player Bruce Bouton and 85-year-old harmonica player Charlie McCoy, known for his work on Bob Dylan's Nashville records. Flowers also revealed 'Thrasher' is the first of two new solo albums, with a more "romantic" sister record to follow that addresses what he calls the "loneliness epidemic" and celebrates human connection. He touched on his life as an artist and father, as well as plans for future Killers material.