A few years ago a male/female duo of experimental punk rockers caught my ear with their second album No Wow, the follow-up to 2003’s Keep On Your Mean Side. After a three year absence the band is back with Midnight Boom, now available in stores everywhere.
On the album, The Kills sound has not changed a whole lot with their trippy tunes and cynical lyrics continuing to pervade each track. This kind of thing of course is the reason the phrase “double-edge sword” was invented. On one hand you have indie rockers who continue to stay true to their roots. On the other hand you have another album that can be at best described as repetitive and at worst flat out boring. Luckily The Kills unique style keeps the album enjoyable even if it is extremely repetitive. The first single “U.R.A. fever” followed by the albums best track “Cheep and Cheerful” start the album off very strong. From there though the album descends into what feels like one long albeit highly listenable, track. When it’s all said and done however, it’s hard not to feel the Midnight Boom is missing something as there is almost nothing enticing the listener to play the album again.
I would still recommend this album to anyone who is a fan of the earlier stuff as well as anybody who wants to hear a nice compliment to a band like The White Stripes. If you are looking for versatility though, I would spend my money elsewhere.
2.5/5 stars
This review was written by
Paul Matyasovsky from Providence College
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