If The Killers’ past two albums are any indication, Day and Age, to be released on November 24th, will be a hit.

The Las Vegas-based band, who came onto the music scene in 2004 following the release of their first album, Hot Fuss, possesses a punk-pop-alternative style that is really unlike anything else is music.

Lead-singer Brandon Flowers has an emotional but steady voice that really defines the bands style, which is upbeat punk-rock music. In new single, “Human,” Flowers is deeply moved in his singing.  The Killers is not just another gig for Flowers, whose first band was Blush Response.

Band members Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer, and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. also do a fantastic job with their parts. While some of their music can be described perfectly by iTunes as music that can be a “mixture of dance-floor thump and guitar,” The Killers are attractive because of their easy-listening and genuine style.

After Hot Fuss, The Killers peaked at number seven in the Billboard 200 chart for over seven weeks. Instantly, songs such as “Mr. Brightside,” “Somebody Told Me,” and “All These Things That I’ve Done,” were familiar.

“Mr. Brightside,” undoubtedly their most-recognizable song from that album, combines classic failed-relationship lyrics with heavy sentiment: “It started out with a kiss / How did it end up like this / It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss.” From that one song alone, The Killers gained notoriety across the world. Along with five Grammy nominations, The Killers rode their success to the tune of selling over two million albums.

Following a promotional tour that even included a Saturday Night Live appearance, The Killers went back to the studio and released Sam’s Town in 2006. While Sam’s Town was a quality album, it was marked by more controversy and criticism than praise.

Flowers reportedly told various magazines like Giant and Entertainment Weekly that Sam’s Town would be “one of the best albums in the past twenty years,” and would “keep rock and roll afloat.” Flowers also commented that Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, U2, and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band were all influences for it. The Killers seemed to try and sever ties with its punk-alternative style and instead construct the epitomic American album.

Though some songs on the album, such as “Uncle Jonny,” achieve this desired effect, most of the album was just more of the punk-style, with “For Reasons Unknown,” and “Sam’s Town.” Not to say it wasn’t bad, which it certainly wasn’t, but The Killers really missed out on a great opportunity to make another great American album.

The highlighted song on the album would undeniably be “Read My Mind,” which Flowers subsequently called, “the best song the band had ever written.” The lyrics of the song really reflect The Killers’ struggles in becoming famous and their emotions when they were just starting off: “I never really gave up on / Breakin’ out of this two-star town / I got the green light / I got a little fight / I’m gonna turn this thing around.” Also featured on the album is “When You Were Young,” which is arguably their most famous song. While it was nominated for a Grammy, it has also peaked in various charts across the world.

Now comes the pivotal album for The Killers. Though they released a sort of retrospective album last year with limited new songs and remakes of their more well-known songs, Day and Age is going to show their potential. The Killers have already released a pure, genuine album in Hot Fuss that displayed their true roots, and a remodeled, American-esque album that tried to incorporate a new genre in Sam’s Town. But their true success should come if they succeed in releasing a popular and innovative new album.

They have already played on Saturday Night Live this September to promote the album.  They performed “Human,” and “Spaceman,” giving a taste to listeners of what we can expect from them in late November. Though “Human” seemed like a classic Killers song, “Spaceman” seemed nothing ever heard before, in a good way. The Killers have been a success from day one, incorporating their style into music, and staying true to who they are. Hopefully, Day and Age will continue this trend and stay true to The Killers music.