SummersRadio™ New Music! The Kills!

SummersRadio™ New Music! The Kills - 'Pale Blue Eyes'

The Kills have just released a new four track EP for their latest single - to celebrate their 10th anniversary of making music - featuring three brand new classic cover songs! 'The Last Goodbye' EP features the title track and latest single (the fourth) released from last year's 'Blood Pressures' album - plus covers of The Velvet Underground's 'Pale Blue Eyes', Marilyn Monroe's 'One Silver Dollar', and Patsy Cline's 'Crazy'.

The EP is out now on itunes this week, and it will also be available on limited edition 7" picture disc and 10" vinyl on February 28th which you can pre-order here: http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/singles/04-01-12/the-last-goodbye (7" or 10") or here: http://www.musicdirect.com/p-62939-the-kills-the-last-good-bye-limited-edition-12-vinyl-ep.aspx (10" only)

Now I'm a fan of both bands so I'll tread lightly here (you can check out/ revisit some of our previous posts featuring The Kills here: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/01/summersradio-concert-news-kills.html, here: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/02/summersradio-new-music-kills.html, and m'here: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/09/summersradio-new-music-remixes-death-in.html) but I must say that The Kills version pales slightly in comparison to the original.

Alison Mosshart has a lovely voice, but she lacks the sheer raw emotion here inherent in Lou Reed's vocal performance. That's not to say I don't enjoy this one too - because I do - the guitar has a much bluesier feel here as well. The Kills have actually been performing this song live for several years - it's just, you know - it's The Velvet Underground! But it's a quality cover and certainly postworthy, so... Enjoy!



Bonus Track! The Velvet Underground's original from their self titled third album which was released in 1969... Enjoy!



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SummersRadio™ New Music! The Kills!

SummersRadio™ New Music! The Kills - 'Satellite' As mentioned on one of my posts on Jan. 18th, The Kills release their new album (their third) called 'Blood Pressures' on April 4th. At the time there was no word yet on a single, but the first one has now surfaced online - it's called 'Satellite' and it's the second track on the album. It's a slower paced - almost reggae style - distorted guitar tune... Enjoy!

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