The problem with all this new-new-new wave stuff is that the copies are getting so exact that there gets to be no need for the latest version. British quartet Boy Kill Boy, for example, has zeroed in on all The Killers' various tics that it renders itself unnecessary on its debut "Civilian" (Island). If people want a new Killers album, they can wait.
Listen to "Civil Sin" and "Suzie" here.
That's not to say Boy Kill Boy is bad. "Suzie" is remarkably catchy, though it does sound like The Killers mixed with We Are Scientists, while the also-catchy "Civil Sin" sounds like We Are Scientists mixed with The Killers. There are times when Boy Kill Boy sounds like Hot Hot Heat and other times when they sound like She Wants Revenge. Unfortunately, Boy Kill Boy never figures out how to sound like themselves. ("Civilian," in stores today; grade: C.)