Kill Tunes

Kill Tunes is the second album by the American indie rock band Leaving Trains.[2][3] It was released in 1986 via SST Records. The band supported the album with a North American tour.[4]

Kill Tunes
Studio album by
Leaving Trains
Released1986
GenreIndie rock
LabelSST[1]
Leaving Trains chronology
Well Down Blue Highway
(1984)		 Kill Tunes
(1986)		 Fuck
(1987)

Production

"Private Affair" is a cover of a song by the Saints.[5] Kill Tunes is the last album on which the Hofer brothers played.[2] "10 Generations" addresses themes of authenticity and selling out.[6]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Robert ChristgauB+[7]
Lincoln Journal Star[8]
The Philadelphia Inquirer[9]
Record-JournalB[6]
Reno Gazette-Journal[10]

Trouser Press wrote that frontman Falling James Moreland "displays his boozehound-next-door humor for the first time on “A Drunker Version of You,” and it provides a welcome respite from the vitriol sprayed elsewhere."[11] The Los Angeles Times thought that "it's one narrow line between convoluted and eclectic, and Leaving Trains walks it, bends it and ties it into knots."[12] The Reno Gazette-Journal determined that "the guitar attack is reminiscent of the Clash in their heyday."[10]

Robert Palmer, in The New York Times, declared: "The album title is apt; Mr. Moreland writes the songs, then the band assaults them with well-placed jabs, hard riffing, chaotically celebratory vocals and sheer energy"; Palmer later listed Kill Tunes as the third best album of 1986.[13][14] The Providence Journal opined that "Kill Tunes does smack of revival, but not of stale rehash."[15]

AllMusic wrote that "the album mixes soft ballads, high-octane rave-ups, and furious rock played with endearing jangle, roaring bar chords, and catchy pop hooks."[5] Spin listed the album as one of the 80 "excellent" underground rock albums of the 1980s.[16]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Light Rain"2:26
2."She's Looking at You"2:32
3."Private Affair"2:04
4."Cigarette Motel"1:22
5."10 Generations"3:39
6."Kinette"3:29
7."A Drunker Version of You"2:29
8."Black"1:54
9."Falling"2:11
10."Vicki"2:02
11."Terminal Island"2:22
12."Warning Track"2:26

References
  1. Thompson, Dave (August 29, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation.
  2. "The Leaving Trains Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. Cogan, Brian (2006). Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture. Greenwood Press. p. 110.
  4. "L.A. Dee Da". LA Weekly. 15 May 1986. p. 43.
  5. "Kill Tunes". AllMusic.
  6. Zebora, Jim (24 Aug 1986). "Off the Record". Record-Journal. p. E2.
  7. "The Leaving Trains". Robert Christgau.
  8. Wolgamott, L. Kent (22 Jul 1986). "Records". Lifestyle. Lincoln Journal Star. p. 5.
  9. Tucker, Ken (20 July 1986). "Leaving Trains Kill Tunes". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. H7.
  10. McClary, Eric (19 Oct 1986). "Rock". Reno Gazette-Journal. p. 8E.
  11. "Leaving Trains". Trouser Press. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  12. de la Vina, Mark (31 Aug 1986). "Trains Roll". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 63.
  13. Palmer, Robert (15 Aug 1986). "Pop and Jazz Guide". The New York Times. p. C19.
  14. Palmer, Robert (7 Jan 1987). "Peter Case Heads a List of the Top Albums of 1986". The New York Times. p. C20.
  15. Boehm, Mike (January 25, 1987). "Rock: Has every stone been turned?". The Providence Journal. p. H3.
  16. "Underground". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. January 29, 1990.
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