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Track Listings
| 1. URA Fever |
| 2. Cheap And Cheerful |
| 3. Tape Song |
| 4. Getting Down |
| 5. Last Day Of Magic |
| 6. Hook And Line |
| 7. Black Balloon |
| 8. MEXICO |
| 9. Sour Cherry |
| 10. Alphabet Pony |
| 11. What New York Used To Be |
| 12. Goodnight Bad Morning |
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Jamie "Hotel" Hince might have become tabloid fodder thanks to his relationship with Kate Moss, but the third album by The Kills, his band with American vocalist Alison "VV" Mosshart, does relatively little to tidy itself up for mainstream consumption. Midnight Boom is a typically lean set of makeshift punk-blues characterised by Hince's raw, Nick Zinner-style guitar, and Alison's bad-attitude drawl: see the opening "U.R.A Fever", a beat-up call-and-response number reminiscent of Royal Trux than sees Hince and Mosshart swapping sour quips over loping bass and drum machine thud, while "Cheap and Cheerful" sees Mosshart declaring "I want you to be crazy/'Cos you're boring baby when you're straight". The presence of producer Armani XXXchange of Baltimore hip-hop outfit Spank Rock means there's a greater emphasis here on rhythm, often of a synthetic nature: "Alphabet Pony" bumps along on robust, lo-fi drum kicks and bursts of primitive electronics, while "Black Balloon" is a slow-burner that toys with layered percussion built from hand claps, scrapers, and tapped snare. The Kills still have problems with a big, memorable chorus–-assuming, indeed, that was ever their intention--but Midnight Boom is all about grit and grooves, and it does that just fine. –Louis Pattison
CD Description
'Midnight Boom' is the third studio album by indie rock duoThe Kills. Enlisting the knob-twiddling skills of Spank Rock's producer Alex Epton (Armani XXXchange), the band manage to keep their lo-fi aesthetic while creating a grittier and fuller sound. Taking some influence from a documentary about1960s urban youth, the pair recreate their own 'modern playground songs' so expect a highly melodic yet slightly sinister record. Includes the single 'U.R.A Fever'.
Jamie "Hotel" Hince might have become tabloid fodder thanks to his relationship with Kate Moss, but the third album by The Kills, his band with American vocalist Alison "VV" Mosshart, does relatively little to tidy itself up for mainstream consumption. Midnight Boom is a typically lean set of makeshift punk-blues characterised by Hince's raw, Nick Zinner-style guitar, and Alison's bad-attitude drawl: see the opening "U.R.A Fever", a beat-up call-and-response number reminiscent of Royal Trux than sees Hince and Mosshart swapping sour quips over loping bass and drum machine thud, while "Cheap and Cheerful" sees Mosshart declaring "I want you to be crazy/'Cos you're boring baby when you're straight". The presence of producer Armani XXXchange of Baltimore hip-hop outfit Spank Rock means there's a greater emphasis here on rhythm, often of a synthetic nature: "Alphabet Pony" bumps along on robust, lo-fi drum kicks and bursts of primitive electronics, while "Black Balloon" is a slow-burner that toys with layered percussion built from hand claps, scrapers, and tapped snare. The Kills still have problems with a big, memorable chorus–-assuming, indeed, that was ever their intention--but Midnight Boom is all about grit and grooves, and it does that just fine. –Louis Pattison
CD Description
'Midnight Boom' is the third studio album by indie rock duoThe Kills. Enlisting the knob-twiddling skills of Spank Rock's producer Alex Epton (Armani XXXchange), the band manage to keep their lo-fi aesthetic while creating a grittier and fuller sound. Taking some influence from a documentary about1960s urban youth, the pair recreate their own 'modern playground songs' so expect a highly melodic yet slightly sinister record. Includes the single 'U.R.A Fever'.
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