On the title track from Chromatics' expansive new record, Kill for Love, singer Ruth Radelet declares that she'll kill for love. A few minutes later on "Back From The Grave," she sounds like she's ready to die for it. Punctuated by Johnny Jewel's liquid crystal guitar peals, Radelet sighs, "When I look at the sky, well I wish I was gone/'Cause mother you're gone and father you're gone." What appears to be a strange sentiment to couch within the Portland band's eerily sleek disco-pop actually strikes me as the LP's 90 minutes distilled into a four-minute essence, equal parts luxury and desperation and totally open for interpretation-- even if you just want to lose yourself within its gorgeous expanses.