“When You See Yourself” finds Kings of Leon emphasizing a more moody and atmospheric side to the band’s sound on tunes like the “Claire and Eddie” (which has a bit of a Pink Floyd-ish feel), “Supermarket” and “When You See Yourself, Are You Far Away” (both of which make nice use of some chiming tones). So there was a relaxed atmosphere, and we all had pretty high standards going into this and had a pretty clear picture of what we wanted to do.” “We enjoyed being in the studio and we weren’t worried about the time and it felt like we were home because we were in Nashville and we were going home to our own beds every night. “We enjoyed making this record,” Caleb Followill said.
The recording of “When You See Yourself” saw the good times continue, even though the sessions with producer Markus Dravs lasted 10 months. Kings of Leon will perform at Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood on Aug. We all just kind of knew what the vibe is we wanted and a lot of times, when someone had an idea, there would be more than one person singing it at the same time.
But with this one, it felt like we were all on the same page when we went in there. So we were all bringing in our own new different things and we made it work and it ended up being an album I love. Meanwhile, I was kind of, I was in New York and I wanted to be home, so I was listening to like country music.
So when he would come into the studio, you could tell he had been listening to music that had some dance to it. “Back in the olden days – not that old – but like the ‘Come Around Sundown’ days (of 2010), Jared was a young buck out on the town. “I feel like with this album, any song Ideas I would bring in or if Jared had some musical ideas or Matt, whatever, it felt like we were all kind of listening to the same kind of music,” Caleb Followill said. The writing and making of “When You See Yourself” found the band members perhaps more in sync than ever. The band, which includes three Followill brothers Caleb, Jared (bass/keyboards) and Nathan (drums) and their cousin, Matthew Followill (lead guitar/keyboards), appears to have gone into the pandemic and come out on the other end in a decidedly good place. So there was some good to go along with the bad.” We were like I kind of like putting in all of the hard work of making an album, then like pausing and sitting back for a second instead of diving straight into it (touring) and wearing ourselves out. “When it did all stop and we started to realize that that wasn’t going to be the case, it actually in a weird way, was educational in a good way for us. So we were all geared up for that,” Kings of Leon singer Caleb Followill observed in a mid-July phone interview. “We were so used to the, after you finish the record, you just slowly start your press and then play little shows and then it’s the world tour. But then the pandemic hit, and the album release was put on hold and tours were canceled. But in reality, Kings of Leon had the album finished in 2019 and were ready to begin the touring cycle behind “When You See Yourself” with some special shows in spring of 2020. That may seem like a long gap between albums.
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