AS YOU'D expect from their chosen name, The Kills inhabit a dark world.
The duo follow a narrow, lone path through the gloom and do so in some style. The male/female pairing, known as Hotel and VV, create an astounding guitar and bass-drum driven sound; bands of superior numbers but similar mind-sets have failed to concoct such powerful tunes. Comparisons are many and a mish-mash: think The Velvet Underground, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Doors and a sprinkling of the Alabama 3. Despite the obvious influences, The Kills' music is very much their own and has a place in a show being stolen by that other boy/girl duo, The White Stripes.
The record is different and deserves to do well. But is the world really as bleak as The Kills paint it?
Updated: 11:56 Thursday, April 17, 2003
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