The Kills - Midnight Boom
Artist: The Kills
Album: Midnight Boom
Label: Domino
I was a little disappointed when I first listened to this album; the songs seemed a little exaggeratedly dark. A couple days later, however, while riding the subway to work, I couldn’t get today’s songs out of my head. Something catchy, delightfully trashy, and bouncing.
The Kills - “Last Day of Magic”
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This is a song to be blasted out the windows, to expand and stretch out over everything you see. The vocals have fleeting moments of TV on the Radio and Blonde Redhead (not as screechy). Everything has that brassy sound of something rough about to break into chaos.
The Kills - “Tape Song”
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A little darker and simpler than “Last Day of Magic” but equally catchy. I giggle a little because the lyric “go steal ahead” goes into my brain as “go steal a head.” Oh well.
Want to know more? Check out their video for “Last Day of Magic,” visit their website, and buy the album.
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I’m really liking this album right now. It makes me want to move to London and go to art school.
this is probably my fave album of the year so far.
i heard the album’s sound is based on a series of children’s sing-song patty-cake type games.
also gotta love the seemingly nonsensical lyrics like
“i’ll be the man with the broom / if you be the dust in the room.”
my recommendation as of late: Hot Chip “Made in the Dark”. Entirely danceable.