WALLS

Pitchfork 4.5/10 *WALLS *mostly finds Kings of Leon back in that mode of offering up fast-food “whoa-oh” singalongs and guitars that chime as distinctly as wallpaper.

NME 4/5 The Followills have remembered how much they like giant choruses and on ‘Walls’ have written 10 of them

Evening Standard 2/5 You can just about hear the spiky band Kings of Leon used to be on their rusty seventh album

Rolling Stone 3/5 Our take on true-to-their-school rockers' seventh album.

DIY 2/5 On their seventh album, Kings of Leon’s attempts to break monotony are fruitless.

Under The Radar 4.5/10 It's hard to say what it is that keeps you hoping that Kings of Leon will somehow return to their golden days of identity obscuring long hair, naughty southern swag, and shirt soaked, fireball spitting country rock that made drunk dancing an aerobic exerc

Clash 6/10 In a nutshell: we’ve pretty much heard this Kings Of Leon album before, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. With the Nashville foursome

The Observer 3/5 The band once hailed as the ‘southern Strokes’ have been given a slick 80s makeover

Slant 1.5/5 The hooks on WALLS are surprisingly hard to come by for an album this ostensibly geared toward radio.

The Telegraph 3/5 Kings of Leon are one of those groups that haven’t quite grasped what makes them great.