Song · Kills
“Future Starts Slow” by Kills
From the album Blood Pressures (2011)
“Future Starts Slow” by Kills appears on 5 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2011 and 2014. It was first released in 2011 on the album Blood Pressures. Its best result is #17 on the CD101 Top 102 Songs of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #206 alternative song of 2011 and #3,340 alternative song of all time.
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The Kills put out "Future Starts Slow" as the second single from their fourth album, Blood Pressures, in June 2011, and it's a slow-motion seduction with a switchblade in its pocket. Jamie Hince produced it, with Bill Skibbe co-producing and engineering and Tom Elmhirst mixing, and the sound is all stomp and scrape: a beat that thuds like a heartbeat in a stairwell, jagged, bluesy guitar and Alison Mosshart's lead vocal smoldering, then snarling.
Philip Andelman directed the video, which tags along with the band on their travels. The song has had a long afterlife on screen, serving as the opening theme of the 2012 miniseries Political Animals, starring Sigourney Weaver, and turning up in Altered Carbon, Person of Interest and The Vampire Diaries.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102 Songs of 2011 | 102 |
| 2011 | 83 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2011 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1292 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 691 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 596 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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