This is the record where The Kills set fire to the rulebook and danced in the sparks. Midnight Boom, their third album, sounds like neon lights flickering in an empty alleyway at 3 a.m.—all sharp beats, primal guitar stabs, and the chemistry of two people locked in a noir-ish, rhythmic fever dream.
 
Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince strip their sound down to a raw pulse, building hypnotic loops and dirty riffs into songs that swagger between seduction and threat. ‘Cheap and Cheerful’ snarls with garage-rock insolence, ‘U.R.A. Fever’ rides a minimalist groove that feels simultaneously cool and dangerous, and ‘Last Day of Magic’ crackles like a lovers’ quarrel broadcast on a pirate frequency.
 
Sleek yet scuzzy, Midnight Boom was the album that pushed The Kills from smoky dive bars into the wider indie consciousness, planting their flag firmly in the late-2000s sonic landscape. It’s a record you don’t just play—you strut to it.
 
For fans of dirty beats, black leather, and indie rock that knows how to bite.
 
TRACKS:
U.R.A. Fever
Cheap and Cheerful
Tape Song
Getting Down
Last Day of Magic
Hook and Line
Black Balloon
M.E.X.I.C.O.
Sour Cherry
Alphabet Pony
What New York Used to Be
Goodnight Bad Morning