2009 180gm Reissue With Custom Foldout Insert. “On Their Full-Length Debut, Keep On Your Mean Side, The Kills Deliver On The Promise Of Their Black Rooster EP, Serving Up More Of Their Sneering, Sexy Blues-Punk With A Little More Polish And Premeditation. It's Easy To Lump Them In With The Current Crop Of Garage Rock Revivalists -- And Granted, The Band Bears More Than A Passing Resemblance To The White Stripes' Bluesy Sound And Boy-Girl Lineup -- But Keep On Your Mean Side Suggests That The Kills' True Lineage Comes From A Darker, More Poetic Strain Of Rock. Naturally, The Velvet Underground Are A Major Influence, Particularly On The Ominous, Droning Guitar Work That Forms The Backbone Of "Kissy Kissy." On Songs Like "Superstition," Shades Of Punk Poetesses Like Chrissie Hynde, Patti Smith, And (Especially) PJ Harvey Color VV's Sultry, Commanding Delivery, Which Is About As Far From Her Work With Her Former Band, Discount, As It's Possible To Get With The Same Set Of Vocal Cords. And On "Fuck The People" And Other Charged Duets Between Her And Guitarist/Vocalist Hotel, The Kills Have Some Of The Bonnie & Clyde Romance That Made Royal Trux So Great.” – Heather Phares, AMG