I: This recent Killers song, Land of the Free, were you part of that?

Dave: Almost! I was hearing mixes of it and I was trying to come up with some guitar - it kinda didn’t need much guitar on that song, that’s the thing, so it was a unique song for that style, and then it was basically done. I like the message it sends, I support that.

I: Did it surprise you? That Brandon came up with a song like that?

Dave: Not totally, not totally. No. I mean, I don’t always know what to expect from him, but…no, I was glad he did that.

I: We’ve gotten a lot of people surprised, not expecting that direct of a message from a Killers song - and he himself said he was surprised that he wrote it.

Dave: Brandon? [Yeah.] Yeah, yeah. Yeah, the lyrics are hard to argue with. I heard some people were talking about it online, I’m like ‘Well, which line do you disagree with?’ I mean, I’m not sure what there is to be controversial.

I: I think the unusual thing, probably, is that you don’t really expect that kind of song from the band, and from Brandon - that direct of a song. It’s not hidden in anything, and you don’t hear that much from anybody.

Dave: These are crazy times, crazy times. I’m surprised there isn’t more people speaking out about such things.