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Listen: Brandon Flowers’ killer new solo single

By Nick Bond

Killers’ frontman Brandon Flowers has debuted the lead single from his upcoming second solo album The Desired Effect – and it sounds like his most surefire smash since Mr Brightside.

Produced by Ariel Rechtshaid (Madonna, HAIM, Charli XCX) Can’t Deny My Love is a pop stomper with a sky-high chorus and more than a few 80’s electronic flourishes – almost like a 2015 version of It’s A Sin. Let’s not forget, Flowers is a lifelong Pet Shop Boys fan after all.

The Desired Effect is out May 17 – in the meantime, you can listen to the new single below:

Flowers has also announced a handful of UK dates for May:

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21 London, Brixton Academy
24 Manchester, Academy
25 Edinburgh, Usher Hall
26 Leeds, O2 Academy
28 Birmingham, O2 Academy

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