Day & Age is the third studio album from The Killers (fourth if you count B-side collection Sawdust) and their most recent effort, released in 2008. As an album, it seems to mix the claustrophobic indie rock of debut Hot Fuss with the American-style rock of Sam's Town, with added touches of dance and pop.

This album has spawned two particularly good singles: Human, a dance-rock song, if there is such a thing, and Spaceman, an indie rock anthem that is about what the title suggests. Two songs on the album are particularly outstanding: the all-American epic ballad of the deserts, A Dustland Fairytale, with lyrics about princesses and kingdoms, and Goodnight, Travel Well, an epic solemn farewell anthem.

Opening track Losing Touch has an appropriate indie melancholy, while This Is Your Life and I Can't Stay are guitar-laden indie songs worthy of Hot Fuss. Throughout there is the same 80s synth that carried their debut, though this complements the kind of songs you can listen to in wide open spaces, rather than the hot sweaty clubs brought to mind by tracks like Mr. Brightside.

Closing bonus track A Crippling Blow is, despite the name, jaunty and upbeat, though I can't help thinking it should have been placed earlier in the album, allowing Goodnight, Travel Well to be a fitting grand finale.

Track Listing
1. Losing Touch
2. Human
3. Spaceman
4. Joy Ride
5. A Dustland Fairytale
6. This Is Your Life
7. I Can't Stay
8. Neon Tiger
9. The World We Live In
10. Goodnight, Travel Well
11. A Crippling Blow

I still think Hot Fuss is the best Killers album, but Day & Age is a pretty good effort and deserves marks for being a progression in their musical sound. There are enough good songs on here to make the album worth buying and to make me look forward to their next.