American singer and songwriter Brandon Flowers is best known as the frontman of The Killers, who balanced his time in that hit-making band with a solo career that dug into his own personal influences. One of the most popular singers of the early aughts new wave revival, he and his band helped popularise a genre that hadn’t been fashionable for decades, drawing influence from a number of ’80s synth pop bands — including New Order, Echo & the Bunnymen, and the Psychedelic Furs…