Kings of Leon
Aha Shake Heartbreak
(RCA)
*8.1*
Goes well with Strokes, Hives, and terrorism.

What we have here is a bit of rock and roll terrorism. Everyone knows that rock music is Satan’s domain. Yet, in recent years there has been a surge of Christian bands who have infiltrated the genre and are trying to dismantle it from the inside.

At first it was blatant, as with bands like Stryper and Petra, whose every song lyrically praised the Lord so that you always knew who the Christian rock bands were. Then they got a little harder to identify, and consequently more popular, as with POD and Switchfoot and countless other not so blatantly Christian bands. But now things have gone too far. Except for the fact that the Kings of Leon named their band after their evangelist father, there are no other identifiable Christian characteristics to this record whatsoever.

The sons of bitches have gone undercover!

Still, there’s no denying, this record is fantastic. You should get it for sure. Just don’t buy it. Otherwise the terrorists win. Steal it off the internet instead. It’s the Satanist thing to do.

Originally published in San Diego CityBEAT Magazine circa 10/05