CHROMATICS “Kill For Love” 2xLP Icey Blue Dipped In Cosmic Clear
$100.00
Kill for Love is monumental — a city symphony of bass synths & electric piano, a blockbuster of blood, sweat, & tears. The 90-minute double LP, half a decade in the making, is a testament to the breadth and scope of Chromatics’ sound. This time realized with the sprawling grandeur of Technicolor glory. The long-awaited successor to acclaimed Chromatics albums Night Drive (2007) & In the City (2006) feels at once like an artistic breakthrough: from the expressive twang that introduces opening number “Into the Black” it is clear this is a moment to remember.
It’s the same dream every night: a woman in the Portland rain, a hand suspended above the piano, a bottle by the foot of the bed. An electric guitar drips its delicate way through a gauze of reverb, of resplendent noise. There’s a message on the machine. There’s thunder rolling in from beyond the horizon. It’s too late. Our dreams have all vanished. This is a record of loneliness and heartbreak, the longing felt for an alternate reality in which mistakes went unmade & promises unbroken. But it’s not without hope. Kill for Love takes place at the time of night when what’s bleak seems romantic, & vice versa. The screen stays flashing in your mind. Is it something you imagined, this melodrama? The synthesizer cries…”your life is only a dream tonight.”
Produced & Mixed By Johnny Jewel
Artwork By Johnny Jewel
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Into The Black (5:23)
Kill For Love (3:58)
Back From The Grave (3:43)
The Page (3:36)
Lady (5:08)
These Streets Will Never Look The Same (8:37)
Broken Mirrors (7:03)
Candy (2:30)
The Eleventh Hour (3:28)
Running From The Sun (7:07)
Dust To Dust (2:41)
Birds Of Paradise (4:26)
A Matter Of Time (5:06)
At Your Door (3:53)
There’s A Light Out On The Horizon (4:44)
The River (6:10)
