Frankly, Flowers would rather be on tour with the Killers than doing his own project. “The idea of taking a year and a half off from being onstage scares me a little bit,” he says. “Being on the road is something I’ve been cultivating. I feel like I’ve grown a lot, and I’m feeling comfortable onstage. I don’t want to lose that.”
But some of his fellow Killers were sick of touring, which led to the band announcing early this year that it would go on hiatus. “A couple of ’em just want a really long break,” says Flowers, shrugging. “I mean, I can’t make them tour, and I wouldn’t want them to make me do something.”
During their time off, drummer Ron Vannucci recorded a couple tracks with Mt. Desolation, which also includes members of Keane and Mumford & Sons. “I think he’s working on [his own] record now,” says Flowers. Meanwhile, bassist Mark Stoermer produced an album for the Australian indie band Howling Bells.
“So everybody’s keeping pretty busy, but we’re going to reconvene in May, it looks like, to get together and start writing.”