It’s been three years since Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart released the last The Kills album, 2008′s Midnight Bloom, and both have been busy in the years since, with Mosshart focussing on her work with The Dead Weather, and Hince devoting his time to Another Moss.
In reconvening, Blood Pressures has become a test of their ongoing relationship. Almost immediately, any doubts you may have had are quashed, as ‘Future Starts Slow’ winds the album up musically while heavily showcasing their vocal chemistry.
In an interview with Vanity Fair earlier this month, Mosshart said “I don’t think any kind of break can f##k with 11 and a half years, you know?”
The Kills are a durable pair, each on the same level musically as if they were connected via some mystical cosmic force; even after a couple of years of relative separation, they’ve managed to pick up right where they left off. If the album’s main purpose were to measure the current vitality of the group, it becomes easy to conclude that the Kills are once again alive and well.
