Review Round-Up

with Bryan Menegus

The Kills- Blood Pressures
Grade: D

Sorry, The Kills, you lost. Try again. Understandably, singer Alison Mosshart has been busy tagging along on Jack White’s idiot-circus The Dead Weather, but that’s just no excuse. Blood Pressures isn’t a Kills record. It’s not even of the same caliber as a Kills record. Compared to how the balance of weird and fun that Midnight Boom and No Wow achieved, Blood Pressures  deserves the same treatment fans gave to the two Matrix sequels. Mosshart’s voice has lost its venom; Jamie Hince’s stalking, sepulchral beats are replaced by incidental snare tickles that barely register. You lost, guys. Go home.

RIYL: Nothing beautiful and everything that hurts