American rock band

Claude says:Kings of Leon hit you hardest during their slick arena-rock era—that sweet spot between 2008 and 2013 when they were big enough to own stadiums but still felt like a Southern rock band with something to prove. You've worn *Only by the Night* and *Mechanical Bull* thin, gravitating toward their anthemic, hook-first side over the grittier garage roots, which tracks with how you keep cycling back to "Waste a Moment" and "Use Somebody."