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Background - The Kills experienced -- or should that be survived? -- an eventful five years between 2011's Blood Pressures and Ash & Ice. Alison Mosshart moved to Nashville and worked with the Dead Weather as well as on her career as a visual artist, while Jamie Hince split with wife Kate Moss and suffered an injury to his left hand that required him to learn how to play guitar again. The process of recovering from a broken hand and a broken heart is apparent on the duo's fifth album, the title of which suggests the remnants of a night out -- or a nuclear winter -- and also reflects the trip Hince took on the Trans-Siberian Express in the wake of these events. The results capture the isolation and exhaustion that follow a breakup with remarkable honesty. Instead of melodrama, Mosshart and Hince explore weariness and loss via the sounds that seemed so vibrant on their previous albums. Despite its claws-bared riffs, there's a pall on "Doing It to Death" that announces Ash & Ice is more pensive than festive. Later, "Bitter Fruit" feels like a weary response to Midnight Boom's "Sour Cherry" as Hince sings "I am the seed of a dead age" over stumbling guitars. Just how hard it can be to shake bad habits -- or people -- is one of the Kills' prime fixations, whether it's the way Mosshart makes die-hard commitment sound like a kind of rebellion on "Heart of a Dog" or the defiant confessions of "Hard Habit to Break." The duo does find ways to change and grow in the face of trauma, however. Instead of returning to Key Club Studio, where they made many of their previous albums, they recorded Ash & Ice in a rented house in Los Angeles and New York City's Electric Lady Studios. These new locales led to sounds both familiar and different: at times, the album's glowering vibe recalls the Dead Weather (interestingly, that group's 2015 album, Dodge and Burn, borrowed more than a little of the Kills' usual fire). Elsewhere, the hushed introspection of "Let It Drop" and "Echo Home" evokes the xx, another group that can make guitars and a drum machine speak volumes. Ash & Ice is also the Kills' most confessional set of songs, with "Days of Why and How" and "That Love" making the most of Mosshart's gorgeously raw vocals. Sometimes, the duo's soul-searching is too insular for its own good, and the revved-up finale, "Whirling Eye," feels like it's from a different album, but more often than not the Kills turn what could be seen as weakness into artistic strength. Even if they're lacking some of their expected swagger, it adds truth to Ash & Ice's portraits of what remains after the worst happens. - Heather Phares
DOMINO Records 2-LP item
Record Made in the UK / England / Great Britain Pressings are in STEREO, FACTORY SEALED
Limited Edition LPs - Colored Vinyl = Pink Swirl & Blue Swirl
Record Speed: 33 1/3 rpm Record Made / Issued in: 2016
Record Catalog Number: WIGLP289X Featured on this item: The Kills 2-LP Title - Ash & Ice Track Listings - A1 Doing It To Death
A2 Heart Of A Dog
A3 Hard Habit To Break
B1 Bitter Fruit
B2 Days Of Why And How
B3 Let It Drop
C1 Hum For Your Buzz
C2 Siberian Nights
C3 That Love - Piano – Dean Fertita
C4 Impossible Tracks
D1 Black Tar
D2 Echo Home
D3 Whirling Eye
Other Information / Performers / Credits on this LP include -

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Domino Recording Co. Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Domino Recording Co. Ltd.
• Made By – Record Technology Incorporated – 25828
• Published By – Domino Publishing Co. Ltd.
• Recorded At – Electric Lady Studios, Key Club Recording
• Mixed At – Electric Lady Studios, Full Mongrel Studios
• Mastered At – Magic Garden Mastering, Bernie Grundman Mastering
• Co-producer – John O'Mahony
• Drums – Homer Steinweiss (tracks: A1, A2, B1, C2, D1, D3)
• Edited By [Drums], Producer [Additional] – Kurt Uenala
• Engineer – Bill Skibbe, Joe Visciano, Phil Joly
• Engineer [Assistant] – Barry McCready, Jon Gilbert*, Vanessa Silberman
• Mastered By – Brian Lucey
• Mastered By [For Vinyl] – Chris Bellman
• Mixed By – Tchad Blake (tracks: A1, A3, C4), Tom Elmhirst
• Mixed By [Assistant] – Brandon Bost
• Producer, Drum Programming, Photography By – Jamie Hince
• Written-By – Renee Scroggins (tracks: C2), The Kills
This version of the LP was only made available from Independent record stores and Domino Mart/The Kills Store.
Housed in a wide spine jacket with gold foil imprint.
Includes 2 x 23" x 23” fold-out posters.
Includes 2 x printed inner sleeves.
Includes download card.
• Barcode: 887828028931
• Matrix / Runout (Side A [Etched]): 25828.1(3)... WIGLP-289-A Re-1 CB
• Matrix / Runout (Side B [Etched]): 25828.2(3)... WIGLP289-B CB
• Matrix / Runout (Side C [Etched]): 25828.3(3)... WIGLP-289-C CB
• Matrix / Runout (Side D [Etched]): 25828.4(3)... WIGLP-289-D II CB CONDITION Details:

LP Jacket:
• The Jacket is in near MINT condition - NO seam splits, NO discoloration, NO cut out marks - Factory Sealed!
• The jacket has NO splits of any kind - it is completely solid and intact. 
• It has NO cut out marks of any kind. 
• There is NO writing on the front or back of the jacket. 
• The cover has clean and sharp colors - first 2 pictures with this listing are of the actual item. 

The LP (vinyl) itself:
• The LP is assumed to be in mint overall condition as this item is FACTORY SEALED!
• As for any record, even brand new, sealed LPs, we always recommend a proper record cleaning before playing for best results.

A Short Note About LP GRADING - 
• Mint {M} = Only used for sealed items.
• Near Mint {NM} = Virtually flawless in every way.
• Near Mint Minus {NM-} = Item has some minor imperfections, some audible.
• Excellent {EXC} = Item obviously played and enjoyed with some noise.
• Very Good Plus {VG+} = Many more imperfections which are noticeable and obtrusive.