Vinyl Record
Kings Of Leon - Come Around Sundown
Kings Of Leon - Come Around Sundown on 2LP vinyl. A 2010 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.
2LP ยท 2010
Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.
Buyer notes: 2010 2LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.
Come Around Sundown arrived in October 2010 with Kings Of Leon facing the strange task of following a worldwide breakthrough without sounding crushed by it. Only By The Night had made the band inescapable; this fifth album widens the space rather than chasing the same flash point song for song. Recorded after the Sex On Fire and Use Somebody era, the record leans into coastal haze, humid Southern atmosphere, and slower-burning arrangements. Radioactive opens with communal lift, Pyro smolders rather than explodes, Mary and The Face carry retro soul and road-worn romance, while Back Down South reconnects the band with fiddle-tinged regional memory. The album's appeal is its refusal to stay in one pose. It can be arena-sized, but it often sounds more interested in twilight, distance, and after-hours reflection. That makes it an important bridge between the hungry early Kings and the more mature, textural band they became during the 2010s.
It matters because it shows Kings Of Leon choosing atmosphere after mass success. Rather than simply cloning the 2008 formula, the band stretched into a warmer, more spacious sound that kept the audience while giving the catalogue a different emotional climate.
Collectors should treat Come Around Sundown as the comedown chapter after the explosion. It is especially satisfying beside Only By The Night: the earlier album hits like a flare, while this one turns the same band toward dusk, patience, and a wider Southern-rock palette.
Spacious alternative rock with Southern shading, echoing guitars, rolling bass, broad choruses, dusky tempos, and a mix of arena reach and coastal melancholy.
Recommended for: Fans of Kings Of Leon's mature atmospheric side; Listeners who like Southern rock texture in modern alternative albums; Collectors pairing the 2008 breakthrough with its aftermath.
Was Come Around Sundown released after Only By The Night? Yes. It followed the 2008 breakthrough and was released in 2010 as the band's fifth studio album. What singles define the album? Radioactive and Pyro are the main entry points, with Back Down South showing the record's warmer regional character. Is it as immediate as Only By The Night? It is less explosive and more atmospheric, which makes it a stronger full-album listen for fans of slower-burning material.