The Kills

The Kills – God Games (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 39:30 minutes | 448 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Domino Recording Co

Whether we look for him or not, we all find God somewhere. It could be in nature. It could be in church. It could be in the metaverse. It differs for each and every one of us. In terms of where God might be, The Kills aren’t necessarily saying, but the duo – Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince – certainly sound like they’ve seen him. How else could you explain the primal call-and-response between Alison’s full body blues-soul vocal catharsis and Jamie’s swaggering, guillotine-smooth guitar transmissions on the duo’s sixth full-length offering, God Games? The Kills have emerged as international rock stars, setting the pace for the genre, shaping this era’s sound, and redefining what rock music can be in the 21st century. They’re the rare force of nature who can tour with Queens of the Stone Age or Guns N’ Roses and light up Coachella. Returning home from the road in 2019, Alison and Jamie commenced writing for what would become God Games. However, the old adage, “Make plans, God laughs,” couldn’t have been more apropos. The Kills decamped to an old church (a bit ironic now isn’t it?) where they recorded with old friend and Academy and GRAMMY Award-winning producer Paul Epworth [Adele]. “Paul was our very first soundman in 2002,” recalls Jamie. “Since he was with us when we had two amps, a lightbulb, and a couple of mics in a van, it seemed perfect. He knew how far it had come and could trace the thread back.”

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The Kills – God Games (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 00:39:30 minutes | 446 MB | Genre: Alternative & Indie
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover

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The Kills – Little Bastards (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:05:12 minutes | 766 MB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Domino Recording Co

The Kills have compiled an extraordinary career spanning b-sides and rarities album titled, appropriately, Little Bastards. The songs date back from the band’s first 7-inch singles in 2002 through to 2009. All of the material has been newly remastered for release on 2xLP, CD & Digital and marks the first ever vinyl pressing for some of these tracks.

The compilation includes the unreleased and never-before-heard demo Raise Me from the 2008-2009 Midnight Boom era. Other highlights include I Call It Art from the Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited covers compilation, the brilliant Midnight Boom digital bonus track Night Train, a blistering performance of Love Is A Deserter from an XFM radio session and a handful of classic American roots songs performed with the kind of bruising delivery they’re famous for: Howlin’ Wolfs’ Forty Four, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ I Put A Spell on You and Dock Boggs’ Sugar Baby.

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The Kills – No Wow (The Tchad Blake Mix 2022) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 39:55 minutes | 461 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Domino Recording Co

I Kills veröffentlichen nach siebzehn Jahren eine Deluxe-Neuauflage ihres grandiosen zweiten Album “No Wow”. Il CD enthält neben dem Original-Album einen neuen Mix des mehrfachen Grammy-Preisträgers Tchad Blake (The Black Keys, Fiona Apple, Arctic Monkeys), der den 11 Tracce eine neue Perspektive verleiht. Die CDs stecken in bedruckten Innentaschen und stecken zusammen mit einem 20-seitigem Libretto in einem Portafoglio apribile. ” No Wow ” wurde ursprünglich 2005 veröffentlicht und erntete für seine nackte, schroffe Energie großen Beifall. Die aufregende Verschmelzung eines düsteren Suoni mit absoluter Tanzbarkeit spiegelte sich in Canzoni come “l’Amore È un Disertore” più ampia (“Hai un occhio bianco come una sposa / L’altro occhio, nero come il diavolo”), e Brani come “Buoni” waren voller Wut und Verzweiflung (“Hai per bruciare la tua casa, mantenere il vostro sognando vivo”).

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