“You can wail you can holler you can blow what’s left in my right mind” sings “VV” (Alison Mosshart, a Yank) of The Kills in “The Future Starts Slow” from their release from last Spring Blood Pressures. Her partner “Hotel” (Jamie Hince, a Brit) provides the killer guitar hook on this single which has moved in and made itself comfortable on the Pop Tones Top 40.
Since its just a guy and a girl, witless name-connectors associate them with the White Stripes but they’re much more for those who like PJ Harvey. Sleigh Bells is also a better comparison because of their structure. It doesn’t matter if there was 2 or 20 people on this song, its relentlessly cool. It harkens to a theme started by Peter Bjorn and John this year about second best being just dandy if the best wasn’t so damned much better.
