180g Heavyweight Vinyl. First time on vinyl since 1992. For many fans, the best of the Kitchens' albums, once again produced by Hugh Jones, The Death of Cool combines the stripped-down tenderness on such early songs as In a Cave with the rush of Quick as Rainbows - often within the same tune - resulting in a multifaceted, deeply felt hour of music that is easily the equal of such similar masterpieces of post-punk guitar rock as the Chameleons' Script of the Bridge and the Sound' Heads and Hearts; about the only thing that came close in its year of release was Catherine Wheel's striking debut, Ferment. Numerous quick, powerfully pointed songs appear throughout the album for a more immediately accessible listen; Breathing Fear, an emotionally frayed rager against homophobic violence, stands out well, as does the punchy, chiming Smiling, another quick character study from Fitzgerald's pen.
