Confirmed: The Kills announce new album ‘Ash & Ice’, offer up ‘Doing It To Death’
Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince will follow up their 2011 record ‘Blood Pressures’ this June.
The Kills are back, and they’ve confirmed plans to release their brand new album ‘Ash & Ice’ this June.
Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince have announced that they’ll be following up their 2011 effort ‘Blood Pressures’ on 3rd June, with their newest full-length being released through Domino.
The pair’s fifth album together was mostly recorded in a rented house in Los Angeles, as well as at New York’s infamous Electric Lady Studios. Alongside Hince and Mosshart, the likes of John O’Mahony, Tom Elmhirst and Tchad Blake have all offered their production and mixing skills to the mix.
The tracklisting for ‘Ash & Ice’ is as follows.
01. Doing It To Death
02. Heart Of A Dog
03. Hard Habit To Break
04. Bitter Fruit
05. Days Of Why And How
06. Let It Drop
07. Hum For Your Buzz
08. Siberian Nights
09. That Love
10. Impossible Tracks
11. Black Tar
12. Echo Home
13. Whirling Eye
The band have also unveiled the first taste of the album in the form of ‘Doing It To Death’, which comes complete with a new video from the pair. Join the duo as they lead a funeral procession through a rather blue-skied spot below.
The duo have also confirmed plans for a UK headline show, set to take place in London on 4th May. It comes in the midst of their upcoming US tour dates. Tickets go on sale this Friday (4th March).
Check out their full touring plans below.
MARCH
16 Mexico City, MX - House of Vans 50th Anniversary
17 Austin, TX - Culture Collide/StubHub Showcase (SXSW)
18 Austin, TX - Spotify House (SXSW)
APRIL
07 Nashville, TN - Exit/In
08 Louisville, KY - Headliner’s Music Hall
09 Columbus, OH - CD 102.5 Day
11 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
12 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw
13 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw
15 Indio, CA – Coachella
18 Los Angeles, CA - Mayan Theatre
19 Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory
22 Indio, CA - Coachella
MAY
01 Amsterdam, NL - Melkweg
03 Paris, FR - La Cigale
04 London, UK - Village Underground
13 Atlanta, GA - Shaky Knees Festival
14 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
19 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
21 Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall
22 Detroit, MI - St Andrew’s Hall
23 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
25 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
26 Kansas City, KS - Midland Theatre
27 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
28 Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot
31 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
JUNE
01 Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
02 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
04 San Francisco, CA - Fox Theater
09 - 12 Newport, UK - Isle of Wight Festival
JULY
06 Kiev, Ukraine - U-Park Festival
09 Moscow, Russia - Park Live Festival
AUGUST
06 Katowice, Poland - Off Festival
