Brandon Flowers Finds His Way Home

Thrasher marks Brandon Flowers’ third solo album and his first since 2015’s The Desired Effect.

It draws a clear line through the Nevada and Utah settings that have long shaped his songwriting and expands the country instincts heard across Flamingo and The Killers’ Pressure Machine. Recorded in Nashville, the project gives Flowers space to explore family history, faith, fatherhood and small-town memories in unusually personal detail. It feels like a natural, deeply rooted chapter in his career.

Personal Stories With Western Soul

Built around acoustic guitars, pedal steel, harmonica and lived-in ensemble playing, Thrasher embraces classic country-western storytelling with Flowers’ familiar sense of scale. His commanding voice carries songs about grief, ambition, family, memory and the life he might have lived.

The Nashville musicians give the record warmth and texture, with Plans, Miss America and Tiger’s Blood standing among its most affecting moments. Richly sincere and carefully crafted, the album transforms deeply personal stories into sweeping portraits of the American West.