Kill Your Boyfriend – Disco Kills (Digital/Vinyl Album – Sister 9 Recordings)
This album is a split release, with Kill Your Boyfriend featured on the A-side and Neu Oscuro on the B-side—at least as far as the vinyl edition is concerned. I’ll focus here solely on the six tracks by Kill Your Boyfriend.
“Disco Kills” is a solid and mature production, just as we’ve come to expect from this Italian outfit. The band masterfully blends elements of Dark-Wave, Post-Punk, and Shoegaze into a raw, tight, and effective sound. Occasionally, electronic textures emerge above the driving guitars, while the relentless rhythm section pounds forward with merciless energy. At times, the sound recalls a compelling hybrid of Suicide and The Jesus and Mary Chain.
This release is a succession of excellent tracks—a true feast for the ears. (Rating:8½).
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About Kill Your Boyfriend
Kill Your Boyfriend is a two-piece post-punk band formed in 2011 in Treviso, Italy. The first two albums were released by the Italy-based Shyrec label. The duo also released several singles and EPs, including a 10″ split with New Candys in 2015 and “Elizabeth”, a 7″ limited release on London-based Depths Records.
The third album “Killadelica” and the fourth, “Voodoo”, were released via Sister 9 Recordings (UK), Little Cloud Records (US), and Shyrec. Kill Your Boyfriend now return with the “Disco Kills” EP, which finds the band experimenting with electronic sounds drawing on Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder, and New Order.
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