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27th Apr 2015

Brandon Flowers’ new song sounds suspiciously like Peter Gabriel’s ‘Solsbury Hill’

Killer new tune...

Nooruddean Choudry

The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers has released a video for new song ‘Lonely Town’, from his much-anticipated sophomore solo album, ‘The Desired Effect’…

It’s a synth-heavy pop song with a decidedly retro feel. The video even features a young lass prancing about listening to a cassette tape on her eighties Walkman…

But it reminds us of Peter Gabriel’s classic late-seventies hit ‘Solsbury Hill’. A ditty synonymous with rom-coms and movie trailers. Judge for yourselves…

The chords are so iconic and the similarities so clear that we’re sure it’s an homage rather than creative borrowing.