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The Kills announce new album
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 3 March 2016
The Kills have announced that they will release their fifth album, ‘Ash & Ice’, on 3 Jun through Domino. Try to deny it if you like, but it’s true.
What about that title though, huh? Well, says Alison Mosshart: “One of the first songs that Jamie brought for the record was called ‘Ash & Ice’, and we loved the title. He does that all the time – he just starts with the title and he hasn’t written a word for the actual song. I guess he was sitting at some bar or some party or someone’s house, and it was just like people ashing into a glass of ice, in that disgusting thing that you just see all the time”.
You “guess”? I need more clarity, Mosshart. Guess I’ll just have to get the story from the horse’s mouth. Here’s Jamie Hince: “I had a drink, and I just threw my cigarette in this glass of ice, and it was just as simple as that. It was like ash and ice, and I said I’ll just call it that. Which is kind of dull. I wish I’d come up with a better story, but that’s the truth of it. And I just like the connotation. It just sort of sounded right, and I liked the idea of it being these two opposite souls. I liked it being the idea of someone with a joint in one hand and a drink in the other”.
Yeah, it was better when we just had Alison Mosshart’s version. Oh well. Let me distract you with the news that the duo will play Village Underground in London on 4 May, and also the video for new single ‘Doing It To Death’:
