The crowd at the Metro were as cool as fuck. Like the Modest Mouse show there seemed to be a number of people just there to be seen. The Kills are an interesting prospect as a live band. A lion’s share of the music that is being presented live is pre-recorded backing tracks. So the energy of the show is resting on live guitars and vocals.
Alison Mosshart is an engaging front woman and puts everything into her performance. For the most part she is the reason why this band works live. She moves and emotes along with the songs to give them the energy that the backing is missing. Jamie Hince is essentially a side man and seems to have a minimalist approach to the guitar even at one point joking how he got so far playing Guitar when he could barely tune one.
The set was largely based on the bands most recent album “Blood Pressures”. The highlights for the set came from “Heart Is a Beating Drum”, the groovy “U.R.A. Fever”, “Tape Song” and sweet “Baby Says”. A few slower numbers in the set, “One Silver Dollar” and “The Last Goodbye”, gave the some of the guys in the audience the change to swoon and gush over miss Mosshart. There was even a fellow in front of me who kept making heart shapes with his hands, what’s with that, man up.
Beyond the hype The Kills put on a great live show and are really committed to their music and their performance.
Setlist:
No Wow
Future Starts Slow
Heart Is a Beating Drum
Kissy Kissy
U.R.A. Fever
DNA
Satellite
Tape Song
Baby Says
One Silver Dollar (Cover)
You Don't Own the Road
Sour Cherry
~encore~
The Last Goodbye
Pull A U
Pots and Pans
Fried My Little Brains
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