Last Day of Magic by The Kills

Album: Midnight Boom (2008)

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Guitarist Jamie Hince told Fact magazine that this song about feeling alone is based around Raskolnikov's bedroom in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment.
In the Sophie Muller-directed video Jamie Hince and Kills vocalist Alison Mosshart are a volatile couple who resort to physical violence. Muller also directed clips for "Cheap and Cheerful," "U.R.A. Fever," and "Satellite."

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Comments: 2

Theresa from Murfreesboro, TnI love this song! Midnight Boom was my favorite album of 2008.
Alessio from Rome, ItalyGreat song and great atmosphere created by Hince and Mosshart

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