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10.0
23119
10.0 |
The Skinny
A leathery femme fatale massacre, the fourth LP from the roguish pair is sexy, sleazy and sassy
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9.0
24225
9.0 |
Rave Magazine
Adds a certain humanity to their swagger, a product of their further experimentation with live instruments
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9.0
24491
9.0 |
musicOMH
Blood Pressures screams. It's a fantastic record. A clanking, bluesy, sleazy, sexy thing. It could be clichéd, but it isn't. It could just be a retread of former glories, but it isn't
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9.0
24535
9.0 |
Clash
It’s a bruisingly brilliant experience
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9.0
24630
9.0 |
Blurt
Everything from motorik trance-rock and glutinous glam to ‘80s-throwback New Wave and mutant girl-group pop
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8.0
24599
8.0 |
No Ripcord
A compelling forty minutes
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8.0
24653
8.0 |
PopMatters
For maybe the first time in their career, the Kills seem capable of not just one classic album, but many
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8.0
24660
8.0 |
Rolling Stone
The chemistry between Mosshart and Hince must be more intense than ever, because their fourth album is also their finest
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8.0
24941
8.0 |
The Quietus
A discernable individuality, an untampered with, easily identifiable sound and, on Blood Pressures, a new-found ease at writing fully fledged, entirely believable pop songs
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8.0
24525
8.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
It’s just a bit darker, a bit moodier, and with it Mosshart has firmly cemented herself as a force to be reckoned with
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8.0
24387
8.0 |
The Fly
It’s the kind of album that anxious 60s parents used to play backwards in search of corrupting satanic messages, such is its filthy tension
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8.0
24487
8.0 |
Independent on Sunday
They spike their sparse blues-print with humour and humanity, dub grooves and Southern gothic flavours
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Digital Fix
Blood Pressures is a real triumph - edgy, dark and fun it will please old fans and win them some more
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8.0
23874
8.0 |
Spin
A more expansive sound from the London-based blues-punk duo
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8.0
23940
8.0 |
BBC
At its best, material on this album matches the seductive, shop-soiled greasiness of early tracks like Fried My Little Brains, from 2003
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7.6
25149
7.6 |
Beats Per Minute
Proves that they are more than just robots and distortion; the Kills are indeed talented musicians
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7.5
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7.5 |
Prefix
Shows the band as an institution still worthy of adulation, mainstream or not
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7.0
24681
7.0 |
Under The Radar
Blood Pressures won't leave you feeling clean, but The Kills have found redemption
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7.0
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7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
An absorbing and enthralling addition to the Kills growing catalog
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7.0
24594
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
The Kills are back - still covered in dirt, sleaze and reverb, but with a cleaner, softer centre
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7.0
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7.0 |
NME
Pretty essential listening
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6.5
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6.5 |
Bowlegs
The Kills are great at what they do: this record will tell you that. But the moments when they reach a little deeper demonstrate they’re a band with unexplored depths
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6.4
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6.4 |
Pitchfork
A return to the Kills' beatbox-blues origins as well an attempt to broaden their palette with more sensitive, intimate turns
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6.0
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6.0 |
Scotland on Sunday
If only The Kills sounded as good as they look
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6.0
24613
6.0 |
The Scotsman
Somehow all the charismatic swagger and talk of the musical heat between them doesn't quite translate into truly intense or explosive results
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6.0
24344
6.0 |
The Guardian
Finds them turbo-charging their sound, the familiar primeval bluesy rock combined with bigger grooves and almost Burundi-type drumming
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6.0
24003
6.0 |
Q
They're better when they stop trying so hard. Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
Mojo
Raises only a steady pulse. Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
Evening Standard
They sound happiest with drum machine in walloping mode, powering such edgy rockers as Future Starts Slow, Damned If She Do and You Don't Own The Road
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6.0
24479
6.0 |
The Observer
With one or two exceptions, on Blood Pressures they stick to their tried-and-tested blues-rock formula
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6.0
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6.0 |
Slant Magazine
Blood Pressures works mostly because of how fully the duo believes in the junk they're spitting out
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5.8
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5.8 |
A.V. Club
The Kills’ gimmicky aesthetic has never brought anything beneficial to the table; it’s only been a needless distraction hampering an otherwise-promising songwriting team
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5.0
25260
5.0 |
Entertainment.ie
An album that holds so much promise, but never quite manages to follow through
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4.0
24329
4.0 |
Eye Weekly
Without the hooks, Blood Pressures is reduced to a sluggish, forgettable mess
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