{"id":31217,"date":"2026-08-07T15:30:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T10:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=31217"},"modified":"2026-08-07T15:30:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T10:30:21","slug":"brandon-flowers-looks-back-at-the-past-on-single-tigers-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=31217","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Flowers Looks Back at the Past on Single &#8216;Tiger&#8217;s Blood&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/brandon-flowers\/\" id=\"auto-tag_brandon-flowers\" data-tag=\"brandon-flowers\">Brandon Flowers<\/a> dropped a new single, \u201cTiger\u2019s Blood.\u201d The track comes ahead of his forthcoming solo album, <em>Thrasher<\/em>, out Aug. 21, 2026 via Island Records. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tFlowers <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DbR9vSiKxL8\/\" target=\"_blank\">debuted<\/a> the Springsteen-esque song last week during his set at Newport Folk Fest. Like the rest of <em>Thrasher<\/em>, \u201cTiger\u2019s Blood\u201d was recorded in Nashville with Flowers\u2019 longtime producers Shawn Everett and Jonathan Rado. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cLast thing that I heard\/ You were doing okay,\u201d Flowers croons on the nostalgic anthem. \u201cI still smile when I remember us in younger days\/ The things that we can\u2019t explain\/ Roll on like a runaway train\/ Into the fire and out of the frame\/ Wild and gone like a runaway train.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brandon Flowers - Tiger&amp;apos;s Blood (Official Audio)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bbw9JxtLz8w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tSome of the musicians who recorded on the album include Gillian Welch collaborator David Rawlings, pedal steel guitarist Bruce Bouton, and harmonica player Charlie McCoy, whose playing graced Bob Dylan\u2019s Nashville LPs. Flowers has so far shared\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/brandon-flowers-paradise-country-1235594687\/\">\u201cParadise,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UChTfZClM1osoBdrzOghD7kg\">\u201cPlans,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and a live version of that song\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g5kuOomwvs0\">filmed at RCA Studio A<\/a>. He will tour in support of\u00a0<em>Thrasher<\/em>\u00a0this fall. The trek kicks off Sept. 1 in Phoenix and wraps Oct. 6 in Las Vegas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI unlocked a room that I feel that has been waiting for me all along: country western music,\u201d Flowers said in an\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DIl1mjpHE0k\">album trailer<\/a>, which found him traveling through the desert, clad in western wear. \u201cIt has offered itself to me and the stories I have to tell at the moment with a breezy enthusiasm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tHe added, \u201cThis is not me running away from rock &amp; roll. I don\u2019t want to replace my old songs. I simply found room for more.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tFlowers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/brandon-flowers-considering-quitting-music-interview-1235603183\/\">recently admitted<\/a> in an interview with <em>the Times<\/em> that he has considered quitting music in recent years. \u201cI\u2019m really going through it right now: How much longer do I want to do this, what does it mean, why am I doing it anyway?\u201d he said. \u201cWhenever I finish a tour, without fail I get sick. Then I think of Mick Jagger and ask myself: What keeps\u00a0him\u00a0getting up on that stage? I guess it\u2019s because there are powerful moments in a concert. How could I not want to do that?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon Flowers dropped a new single, \u201cTiger\u2019s Blood.\u201d The track comes ahead of his forthcoming solo album, Thrasher, out Aug. 21, 2026 via Island Records. Flowers debuted the Springsteen-esque song last week during his set at Newport Folk Fest. 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