Formed by American vocalist Alison Mosshart and UK guitarist Jamie Hince, their press release featured on NME states at http://www.nme.com/news/the-kills/91938#S92sO3J4UEZzZhcH.99:

“One of the first songs that [Jamie] brought for the record was called ‘Ash and Ice,’ and we loved the title. He does that all the time — he just starts with the title and he hasn’t written a word for the actual song. I guess he was sitting at some bar or some party or someone’s house, and it was just like people ashing into a glass of ice, in that disgusting thing that you just see all the time.”

Via Twitter https://twitter.com/TheKills?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw The Kills announce:

Looking forward to their March and April America tour, The Kills return to London – Village Underground 4/5. A further May and June visit to the USA will see a UK return to The Isle of Wight Festival on 11/6. See http://thekills.tv/ for the full list of US and European dates.

Ash and Ice is The Kills’ fifth album following Blood Pressures in 2011.

Before moving to London, Mosshart was in punk band Discount. The duo originally recorded as VV and the Hotel back in 2001 before settling on The Kills.