Brandon Flowers returns with THRASHER, his first solo album in more than a decade and a deeply personal collection shaped by memories of his childhood in Nephi, Utah. Stepping away from the scale and spectacle of the Killers, Flowers turns inward, drawing on the people, places and experiences that helped make him who he is.

Recorded at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A, THRASHER reunites Flowers with longtime producers Shawn Everett and Jonathan Rado, who surround his songs with an impressive group of Nashville musicians. David Rawlings, best known for his longtime partnership with Gillian Welch, contributes guitar, while pedal steel great Bruce Bouton adds another distinctly Nashville voice to the sessions.

Also joining Flowers is legendary harmonica player Charlie McCoy, whose remarkable career stretches back to some of the most important recordings ever made in Music City. McCoy played on all four of Bob Dylan’s celebrated Nashville albums, including Blonde On Blonde, John Wesley Harding, Nashville Skyline and Self Portrait, giving his appearance on THRASHER a direct connection to the musical history that Flowers and his collaborators tapped into while making the record.

That setting proves especially well suited to Flowers’ songwriting. Rather than simply adopting a Nashville sound, he uses acoustic guitars, pedal steel, harmonica and the natural character of Studio A to frame songs rooted in his own past. Nephi, the small Utah town where Flowers spent formative years before eventually moving to Las Vegas, provides much of the emotional foundation for the album.

More than a decade after 2015’s The Desired Effect, THRASHER reveals another side of Brandon Flowers. The voice and melodic instincts are unmistakable, but the stories are closer to home, with Flowers looking back at childhood and the experiences that stayed with him long after he left Utah. With Everett, Rado and some of Nashville’s finest players helping bring those memories to life, THRASHER stands as his most intimate solo statement yet.