Tennessee rockers Kings Of Leon’s 10th album O My Beloved is their most personal yet

Kings Of Leon’s tenth album, *O My Beloved*, is their first to be entirely self-produced and marks a quieter, more personal direction. The Followill family focus on family, fatherhood and the life they have built together, suggesting they are now making the music they want rather than trying to recreate earlier hits.

The album retains the band’s Southern roots but softens them with a country influence and gentler vocals. Songs including “Feel The Love”, “Cold Blue Down” and “Warm Company” draw on varied sounds, while the second half settles into an intimate portrait of the four band members’ lives. It is not a return to the rougher style of their early records, and the review sees that shift as a deliberate choice.