Artist - The Kills
Title - Midnight Boom
Hometown - UK / US
Label - Domino
Street Date - Out Now
RIYL - RTX, YeahX3, people trying hard to be sexy and cool, a complete 160 from Alison's previous band Discount, shitty beats
The Hits - all misses
Richter Magnitude Scale - Minor
First the good news - Alison has a decent voice and the guitar tones are the perfect mix of warm and crunchy . In theory this should be on par with other 2 piece groups like The White Stripes, Stereo Total, and The Raveonettes.
The bad news and the truth of the matter is- it isn't.
Royal Trux did it first and better. Hearing the Kills try to follow in the footsteps of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs is like watching a toddler try to walk in mommy's heels. And as far as I tell the only reason there is a lyric book is the band wanted an excuse to show us how rock and roll chic they are with a DIY photo spread. The lyrics on their own are too dispensable and dopey to be printed at all.
This isn't music, it is a fashion shoot and a tired one at that.
and the bastards named a song 'black balloon'.
ReplyI don't know which is worse, a passe drug reference or naming a song that the goo goo dolls beat you to the punch on.
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