Questioning Everything

The Kills “Whirling Eye”

The Kills have always eagerly embraced artifice and glamor, but in a way that more about deciding who you want to be rather than pretending to be something you’re not. They project an atmosphere so strong and a vibe so vivid that it can momentarily change your reality: Maybe you’re not smashed in Hollywood at 2 a.m., but you’re there with them in that feeling at the start of “Whirling Eye.” There’s a touch of new wave in this song – not so much that it comes out like pastiche, but enough to feel a bit different from the arty digital blues that Jamie Hince usually plays. It’s a hyper-romantic song, but also somehow very low-key. Alison Mosshart sings everything in this sorta matter-of-fact way, even when she’s belting out the most passionate bits of the chorus, and it makes exciting, profound, sexy things sound totally casual. That’s the fantasy: A life so thrilling it becomes mundane.

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