When four members of the family Followill, known as US guitar boys Kings Of Leon, released their debut album, Youth And Manhood, they shifted half a million copies.

But the world was in the grip of an American guitar music invasion which saw almost any band from across the Atlantic elevated to instant stardom.

In 2004, the Brits led by Franz Ferdinand and The Libertines have hit back and the hype surrounding the US scene has quietened down. As the Kings Of Leon release their follow-up album, Aha Shake Heartbreak, the question is: Does anyone still care?

The answer is a resounding yes. The likes of Kate Moss, Stella McCartney and Noel Gallager have been spotted at their gigs and, in the past two weeks, the Kings have graced the covers of range of publications from the NME to The Guardian.

Vitally, the Press attention is backed up by a collection of raw, swamp-rock songs that are, if anything, superior to those on Youth And Manhood.

The main reason for this seems to be that the Followills (three brothers and a cousin) are now actually living the sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll lifestyle which has always informed the content of their songs yet from which they were initially sheltered by their Pentecostal evangelist father.

Hence not only greater authenticity in Caleb's growled lyrics of sexual conquest but also, following superb performances at several summer festivals including Glastonbury, a more swaggering sound.

As frontman Caleb explains, having been brought up in "the most redneck place you'll ever see", to find themselves "playing soldout gigs and having pretty girls and big, giant beers" came as something of a shock.

"We had a lot of fun and did a lot of crazy s***," he continues, "but now we're going to keep ourselves together." Wise as that may be, let's hope they fail to do so for a little while yet.

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