The Kills @ AB

This duo of Jamie Hince (stage name: Hotel, nationality: British) and Alison Mosshart (stage name: VV, nationality: American) has brought out a new CD entitled 'Midnight Boom'. And if we are to believe its forerunner/single 'U.R.A. Fever' they are still on the same mission: sparse, going for the throat, soaking up the history of pop, glam, blues, art-punk and hip hop. This time Spank Rock producer Alex Epton a.k.a. Armani XXXchange has treated the bare atmosphere typical of The Kills' sound rhythmically - making 'Midnight Boom' an ultra-contemporary sound document. A.B.