The Kills return with “New York” and “LA Hex,” their first new album in five years. Listen to the double single below.
Darkly cinematic, “New York” feels like the opening song to an action movie (or, maybe, intensify? ) This is thanks to its dramatic blend of horn and start-stop percussion. “Your taste is like New York/Before the storm,” sings Alison Mosshart on Jamie Hince’s classic garage guitar. In the music video for the song, directed by Andrew Theodore Balasia, the two sit on the sidelines of a boxing match.
Barassia also directed the video for “LA Hex,” in which the artists harmonize over melancholy trumpets and rolling electronic beats. “I still have my way, you know,” Sins and Moss Shat sing. As their first release in several years, the line feels sharper.
Available here are 7″ vinyl records of New York and LA Hex. The Kills are celebrating their new single with events in — you guessed it — New York and Los Angeles. On July 27, the band will DJ at Steven Sebring’s studio on the Lower East Side and on August 3 take over the Viper Room on the Sunset Strip.
Last year, the band re-released their 2005 album no wow The deluxe set contains a new remix of Tchad Blake’s LP.
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