This, the fourth album from the chain-smoking, leather-clad duo is perhaps their best. One of the things I love about The Kills is that I said something similar about their last album. It’s been three long years since they released anything, but good God it’s been worth the wait. There’s the usual grittiness and sleaze and sex and swagger and sweat you’d expect of them, but their ongoing experimentation with drum tracks, live instrumentation, multipart harmonies, a choir, and a little bit of sampling is all evidence of a band uninterested in excessive reminiscing. The sexual tension is no less palpable on this release than its predecessors, but rather than being the teenage-pent-up-frustration variety, it’s the consenting-adults-looking-to-get-filthy-sort. VV handles most of the vocals on this outing and positively oozes insouciance – she sounds like she’d do gloriously sordid things to you, and you’d like it. Understandably, with three albums under their belts, the duo sound more confident than ever, and so they should: Blood Pressures is a simply fantastic album. Hopefully it won’t be another three years before the next one.
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Rating : 5/5 – Demi-God
Reviewed By : Craig Wilson
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