The Kills - No Wow

If you love sexy, garage rock, you’re gonna be very happy with the latest offering from The Kills. No Wow delivers grimy, throbbing basslines and scratchy, angrily pounded guitars. Woo, I do believe I need a towel. There seems to be a lot of comparison of Alison Mosshart’s voice to Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but I think she stands just fine on her own. I suppose, however, for the sake of a point of reference, there’s a decent place to go. Personally, I prefer The Kills, but hey… Mosshart’s grouchy deep vocals work just as well alone as they do when paired with Jamie Hince’s lazy vocal drag, and the result is cool dirty music that harkens back to the likes of Jesus & Mary Chain and PJ Harvey. On the title track, Mosshart dares you “You’ll have to step over my dead body,” and you seriously contemplate taking that dare just to see what she might do next. The first part of “I Hate the Way You Love” is hard-driven guitars and angrily-spat vocals, while “I Hate the Way You Love part 2” is more like an afterglow musing. Oh she still hates you, but she’s too worn out just now to make you leave. So just in case there was still any question, yes, this album is sexy as hell. It’s a damn fun ride on the garage rock train, and call me shallow, but I’m just fine with that. [www.thekills.tv]