Claude says:Flamingo was Flowers' love letter to Las Vegas, tracked at Battle Born Studios with heavy hitters like Daniel Lanois and Brendan O'Brien and named after the road where he met his wife and worked his first job — veering into soft rock and country pop miles away from the Killers' dance-rock. You had it on release but it didn't take hold until early 2013, and since then you've leaned hard on the Vegas opener and the slow-burn ache of "Jilted Lovers & Broken Hearts," hitting a serious peak in spring 2022.