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The KillsNo Wow Domino/Liberation 'No Wow' is dark. It's beautiful. It's decidedly lo-fi, although it sounds more deliberately so than did The Kill's debut album, 'Keep On Your Mean Side'. Vocalist VV and her partner Hotel have delivered a brilliantly focussed, relentless follow-up, that's far dirtier and grittier than other garage blues duos like The White Stripes and The Black Keys could ever muster. The album is mainly defined by the driving, throbbing pulse of its first half: No Wow, Love Is A Deserter, and first single The Good Ones. It's not until I Hate The Way You Love settles back into I Hate The Way You Love Part 2 that the album gives the listener a break. Dead Road 7 takes a menacing detour from the scunge of the rest of the album, while Rodeo Town is the probably the most melodic ballad the duo have ever produced. There's no pops, no bangs. No unnecessary screaming or dramatics highs and lows. No obvious singles. 'No Wow' is far from boring though. Perhaps it's the bubbling, constant threat that it will boil over that makes it so chillingly good. Fans should note that the limited edition also includes a great DVD documentary which includes interviews and live performances of older classics like Cat Claw.  |
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