Track Listing

1. URA Fever
2. Cheap And Cheerful
3. Tape Song
4. Getting Down
5. Last Day Of Magic
6. Hook And Line
7. Black Balloon
8. MEXICO
9. Sour Cherry
10. Alphabet Pony
11. What New York Used To Be
12. Goodnight Bad Morning

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1876 in Music
• Released on: 2008-03-10
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced

Amazon.co.uk Review
Jamie "Hotel" Hince might have become tabloid fodder thanks to his relationship with Kate Moss, but the third album by The Kills, his band with American vocalist Alison "VV" Mosshart, does relatively little to tidy itself up for mainstream consumption. Midnight Boom is a typically lean set of makeshift punk-blues characterised by Hince's raw, Nick Zinner-style guitar, and Alison's bad-attitude drawl: see the opening "U.R.A Fever", a beat-up call-and-response number reminiscent of Royal Trux than sees Hince and Mosshart swapping sour quips over loping bass and drum machine thud, while "Cheap and Cheerful" sees Mosshart declaring "I want you to be crazy/'Cos you're boring baby when you're straight". The presence of producer Armani XXXchange of Baltimore hip-hop outfit Spank Rock means there's a greater emphasis here on rhythm, often of a synthetic nature: "Alphabet Pony" bumps along on robust, lo-fi drum kicks and bursts of primitive electronics, while "Black Balloon" is a slow-burner that toys with layered percussion built from hand claps, scrapers, and tapped snare. The Kills still have problems with a big, memorable chorus–-assuming, indeed, that was ever their intention--but Midnight Boom is all about grit and grooves, and it does that just fine. –Louis Pattison

CD Description
'Midnight Boom' is the third studio album by indie rock duoThe Kills. Enlisting the knob-twiddling skills of Spank Rock's producer Alex Epton (Armani XXXchange), the band manage to keep their lo-fi aesthetic while creating a grittier and fuller sound. Taking some influence from a documentary about1960s urban youth, the pair recreate their own 'modern playground songs' so expect a highly melodic yet slightly sinister record. Includes the single 'U.R.A Fever'.

Customer Reviews

Believe The Boom !
Yup. It's Good. Very, very good in fact.

Genre-fretters have long been out to pin this fine little combo down.

Three albums in however and what we have here in essence
are twelve splendidly energetic pop songs.

The pared-down, edgy simplicity which has become
Mr Hince's and Ms Mosshart's calling card belies a finely
honed ability to create catchy and memorable material
of the finest calibre from the simplest musical building blocks.

'Getting Down' must surely have the ghost of Mr Bolan smiling in the wings.

'Cheap and Cheerful' could and should find a place in every discotheque in the land.

'Last Day Of Magic' romps along like there's no tomorrow - it's
killer hook chorus is utterly irresistible.

Darker moments intrude occasionally. Closing track 'Goodnight Bad Morning'
demonstrates a capacity for a more tender, reflective style but essentially
'Midnight Boom' is a stonkingly upbeat affair.

We will be unlikely to hear many more finer albums this year.

Highly recommended

WOW
I don't ever write reviews so I'm useless at it.. but this album is absolutly brilliant, has all the ingredients.. melodies, beats, dirty guitar, cooning and gnarling vocals.. I seen them live in Brighton also and they were incredible. Kind of hope they remain an underground secret though, is that bad?

THE KILLS MIDNIGHT BOOM
THE KILLS ARE FANTASTIC. RECENTLY SAW THEM LIVE IN LEEDS AND THEY WERE AMAZING. THEY HAVE RAW EDGINESS THAT IS RARE IN BANDS THESE DAYS. THE ATMOSPHERE ON STAGE WAS ELECTRIC. JAMIE HINCE IS MORE FAMOUS THESE DAYS FOR BEING KATE MOSS'S BOYFRIEND BUT HE IS AN EXTREMELY TALENTED MUSICIAN - HIS HANDLING OF THE GUITAR WAS FAB TO WATCH - HE PUT HIS ALL INTO THAT CONCERT AND LISTEN TO. THE FEMALE OF THE BAND IS BEAUTIFUL ANYWAY WITH HER LONG DARK HAIR - BUT SHE HAS SUCH A BRILLIANT STAGE PRESENCE - SHE IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TO ANY OF THE STEREO TYPICAL FEMALES IN BANDS OF LATE, SHE STRUTS AROUND THE STAGE, PLAYS THE GUITAR AND SINGS AMAZINGLY WELL AND IS A BREATH OF FRSH AIR. SHE CAN BE COMPARED TO PJ HARVEY, SIOUSXIE, A FEMALE IGGY POP, SHE PULLS THE CROWD IN WITH HER LOUD, GRITTY, ROCK N ROLL. I LOVED THE BAND BEFORE I SAW THEM BUT THEY WERE FAB LIVE - SO IF YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THEM THEN PLEASE DO. I HAVE RECENTLY GOT THEIR 2ND ALBUM - NO WOW - WHICH WAS RELEASED IN 2005 SO I HOPE THAT IS A S GOOD AS THE MOST RECENT ONE. I HOPE THAT PEOPLE CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE THE KILLS AND THAT THEY STAY AROUND FOR SOME TIME AS THEY ARE FAB!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)