2011
The Kills have revealed three new acoustic videos taken from their short film Blood Pressures (Directed by Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern) which premiered on IFC.com. Named after their recent studio album, the nearly eleven minute short offers a playful and close-up look at the UK duo – Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart – during the making of Blood Pressures. Their latest videos, “Last Goodbye”, “Pots and Pans” and “Baby Says” find The Kills stripped down with an air of vulnerability – an intimate look at their songwriting process and the dynamic between the pair. Blood Pressures debuted in the Billboard Top 40 and has received some of the most glowing reviews yet in the band’s career.
Watch the new videos for “Last Goodbye”, “Pots and Pans” and “Baby Says” HERE
The Kills will also be bringing their riveting show back to North America with 2 newly added dates, including a second show in New York on August 9 at Terminal 5 and Columbus, OH on August 6 at Newport Music Hall. Special guests at Terminal 5 are Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and A Place to Bury Strangers will open in Columbus and in New York. Presale for the Columbus, OH show will begin on Tuesday, June 14, general tickets will go on sale Friday, June 17; tickets are $20 advance, $22 door. Tickets for Terminal 5 are $30 advance, $35 door. The Kills will also be making stops throughout September, their biggest West Coast shows to date, hitting Seattle, Vancouver, Portland, Oakland, Los Angeles and San Diego.
Watch this heartbreakingly beautiful live performance from Coachella of Alison’s cabaret-reminiscent torch song “The Last Goodbye” HERE.
THE KILLS NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES:
* w/ A Place To Bury Strangers
^ w/ Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Newly added dates in BOLD
8/5-7/11 Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
8/6/11 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall *
8/8/11 New York, NY @ Terminal 5 *^
8/9/11 New York, NY @ Terminal 5 *^g
9/4/11 Seattle, WA @ Bumbershoot Festival
9/5/11 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
9/7/11 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
9/9/11 Oakland, CA @ Fox Theatre
9/10/11 Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre
9/11/11 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
Praise for Blood Pressures:
“The chemistry between Mosshart and Hince must be more intense than ever, because their fourth album is also their finest.” 4 stars – Rolling Stone
“… the new Kills record presents a more expansive sound from the London-based blues-punk duo.” – SPIN
“… Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart flesh out… their fourth album with thicker textures, big harmonies and lethal beats. A dark, seductive, primal heat pulsates within that maelstrom of feedback and guitar fury, which sets The Kills apart from its art-of-noise brethren.” – USA Today
“The Kills’ trademark fuzzy guitars, deadpan vocals and drum-machine minimalism are all there, too, but bumped up to a new level… Make no mistake, Blood Pressures is still characteristically sparse, but it’s also highly nuanced – no easy blend considering the two play everything save for the tuba.” – Los Angeles Times Magazine
“Songs like ‘Future Starts Slow’ and the sleazy, sultry ‘Baby Says’ are some of the duo’s best to date, mixing ominous, bass-heavy riffs with a subdued but sexual seductiveness… a highly charged and welcome return.” – Alternative Press
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[...] Goodbye” is an undeniable show-stopper among each Kills set I’ve seen. Celebrating an announcement of additional summer tour dates today, Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince pulled this fine take on the [...]