The Killers - Pressure Machine

Pressure Machine is the seventh studio album by American rock band The Killers, released in August 2021 via Island Records.

The Killers are an American rock band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2001 by Brandon Flowers (lead vocals, keyboards, bass) and Dave Keuning (guitar, backing vocals). Mark Stoermer (bass, guitar, backing vocals) and Ronnie Vannucci, Jr. (drums, percussion) would complete the current line-up of the band in 2002. The band's name is derived from a logo on the bass drum of a fictitious band, portrayed in the music video for the New Order song "Crystal".

Pressure Machine is a concept album based on lead singer Brandon Flowers' childhood in Nephi, Utah. The album features a guest collaboration from singer Phoebe Bridgers on the track "Runaway Horses".

The album is heavily influenced by Bruce Springsteen and  lyrical influences also include The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck and Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson.

Pressure Machine was a major critical and commercial success, reaching number nine on the US Billboard 200 and topping both the Top Rock Albums and Top Folk Albums charts, becoming the band's first album to chart on the latter. The album also became the Killers' seventh consecutive number one album on the UK Albums Chart.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Mark Stoermer was unable to participate on the recording of the album.

This album is on black vinyl with a printed inner sleeve, pressed in Europe via Island Records.