The Killers – “Land Of The Free”

The Killers have released a new song called "Land Of The Free." It's the band's first music since 2017's Wonderful Wonderful. It's just a one-off, though the band has plans to go into the studio later this year for a new album in 2020.

The track was debuted on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 show, where Brandon Flowers said it was inspired by the events of recent years:

I think it's a very important time right now. And 'enough was enough' is basically where it comes from. It started in my mind around when Sandy Hook happened, and as a father how that affected me. And then it just started stacking up -- things like Eric Garner and Trayvon Martin, things like what's happening at the wall. This stuff didn't seem to be in harmony with the values that I believe my country was founded on. I would start the song and then I would put it away and I'd say, 'I'm not the guy to do this,' or I'd feel inadequate, waiting, somebody's going to write this song. Then it just piled up ... Las Vegas, Orlando, Parkland, and it just kept coming and I was just like, I have to get this out.

The song comes with a music video that was directed by Spike Lee around the US/Mexico border. Watch and listen to it below.

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Flowers also shared a longer note to the band's Twitter account talking about the song:

"Land Of The Free" is out now.