The Kills release soulful cover of Billie Eilish’s “Happier Than Ever”

The Kills have shared a cover of Billie Eilish's song “Happier Than Ever” from their upcoming EP “Happier Girls Sessions.”

The duo – consisting of Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince – delivered an acoustic rendition of Eilish's 2021 single during an appearance on US radio station Sirius XM last year.

Now the band has re-recorded the track at Grammy-winning producer Paul Epworth's Church Studios in London for a new physical and digital EP.

The five-track collection also includes non-electric versions of 'My Girls My Girls', '103', 'New York' and 'Better Days' from The Kills' latest album 'God Games', which was co-produced by Epworth and Hince.

Happier Girls Sessions will be released on streaming platforms this Friday (September 20th) via Domino. Fans can also pre-order a special 7-inch vinyl edition (out November 8th).

Speaking about how The Kills' Billie Eilish cover came about, frontwoman Mosshart explained: “It's all Sirius XM's fault. We were asked to do an acoustic session with them last year and they had asked for a cover as part of the session.

“I've always been a huge fan of 'Happier Than Ever' and used to sing it all the time at home. It seemed like a good choice because I loved it and loved singing it. After that radio session came on the radio, Laurence Bell from Domino, who loved our acoustic version of the song, contacted us and asked us to do an electric recording.”

She continued: “There we were in London recording a non-electric EP, and what's the first song on it? An electric cover of the acoustic cover we did… and the more electric the better. Thank you, Billie, for writing such a brilliant song!”

Check out the artwork and tracklist for The Kills’ Happier Girls Sessions EP below.

1. “Happier than ever”
2. “103 – Non-electric”
3. “New York – without electricity”
4. “Better days – without electricity”
5. “My girls, my girls – not electric”

The Kills toured the UK in support of God Games earlier this year and supported LCD Soundsystem at London's All Points East last month. Mosshart and Hince will tour the US next month – remaining tickets can be found here.

In a four-star review of the duo’s latest album NME wrote: “'God Games' is a testament to their new era, where they push each other out of their comfort zones and explore new ways to further adapt their legendary sound, making a grand and edgy comeback that is as fresh as it can be.”

Last October, The Kills spoke to NME about being one of the few survivors of the 2000s who are still evolving their music.

“I'm really proud, but when we started, we decided to make this band our life and our life this band,” Mosshart said.

“We just believed it would always happen. Seriously, and we believed it was very possible because there were only two of us and we could do whatever we wanted artistically.”

She continued, “This band could be anything, change on a dime or whatever we wanted to do. We didn't want to limit it. So it doesn't surprise me, but I'm very proud of us for making it this far and still loving it so much. As an artist, it's a soulful thing to constantly want to reinvent yourself.”