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Oct 25, 2023Sounding like their most ambitious and handsome release yet.
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Oct 27, 2023Twenty years after the release of Keep on Your Mean Side -- a time when many acts consolidate their sound into something safe and reliable -- Mosshart and Hince are still at the top of their game.
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Oct 26, 2023The Kills God Games is a step forward for the band, expanding their sound while retaining what makes them successful.
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Oct 26, 2023A few weak spots notwithstanding, God Games shows The Kills are still on top of their game.
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Oct 26, 2023‘God Games’ serves as a testament to their new era, one that sees them push each other out of their comfort zones and explore new ways to keep adapting their iconic sound, providing a grand and edgy comeback that is as fresh as can be.
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Oct 25, 2023While the band has always been a rock-first concern, the core of God Games is in its mature, layered and emotive downtempo pop balladry.
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MojoOct 25, 2023Sun-scorched Californian jams. [Dec 2023, p.87]
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Oct 27, 2023They may not define the zeitgeist as they did 20 years ago, but God Games proves they can still hit those old heights more often than not.
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UncutOct 25, 2023The set ranges ambitiously from hypnotic, twisted love songs such as "103" and the title track to the warped gospel undertones of "My Girls My Girls" and "LA Hex", courtesy of the Compton Kidz Club Choir. [Dec 2023, p.31]
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Oct 25, 2023It makes for an intense, generally unrelenting forty-minute project; one that pushes The Kills into fresh musical territory, extending and altering the sound they have cultivated for the past twenty years without selling out.
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Oct 26, 2023God Games provides glimpses of what makes The Kills so compelling, but is unlikely to convert many new listeners to the cause.