A Flash Flood of Colour
Enter Shikari
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ExplicitSystem... | Enter Shikari | 1:57 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Explicit...Meltdown | Enter Shikari | 3:23 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSssnakepit | Enter Shikari | 3:25 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSearch Party | Enter Shikari | 4:06 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitArguing With Thermometers | Enter Shikari | 3:23 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitStalemate | Enter Shikari | 4:18 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGandhi Mate, Gandhi | Enter Shikari | 4:26 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWarm Smiles Do Not Make You Welcome Here | Enter Shikari | 4:38 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitPack of Thieves | Enter Shikari | 3:57 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitHello Tyrannosaurus, Meet Tyrannicide | Enter Shikari | 3:46 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitConstellations | Enter Shikari | 5:01 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 11 Songs |
iTunes Review
This Hertfordshire, England–based post-hardcore quartet keeps lashing out with upstart fervor in its third studio album, A Flash Flood of Colour. “System . . .” opens the album with a call to fight for the future. This is continued in “. . . Meltdown”, where Rou Reynolds yells “This is going to change everything!” before the song erupts with skittering beats, chaotic industrial noise, and a clash between distorted keyboards and rumbling bass. Over all this, Reynolds rails against the U.K.'s failing economic system with more bite in his voice than on previous recordings. “Arguing with Thermometers” takes the Korn approach of fusing screamo with hard dubstep—though here a bouncing britpop guitar follows the singing melody. “Stalemate” features acoustic guitar, subtle rhythms, and softened vocal harmonies musing heavily on the unfair distribution of wealth and war in the East; it's a relevant addition to the protest-song canon.
Customer Reviews
Disapointed
Musically this album easily outranks their previous stuff but lyrically it's a letdown. Every song is about the same thing! I can handle it in one song but an album? I listen to music to escape from life's problems not have Rou's political opinion shoved down my throat! Where's the variety?
Something missing
I've been really looking forward to this album, especially after hearing "Sssnakepit", "Gandhi..." and "Arguing with Thermometers [Live]"; but was incredibly dissapointed with this album.
For a start the studio version of "Arguing..." seemed rougher than the live version, the vocals seeming loud and unedited, and lots of good bits cut out. And the other tracks just seem weak and lacking something. The loud tracks (the rare few) seem forced, and the "meaningful" tracks seemed unfelt like the lyrics were written to sound meaningful and not actually meaningful. The songs, unlike other albums, don't bleed into eachother nicely, so the album feels like a compilation of tracks as a pose to a piece of music which I loved about preious albums.
The whole album just lacks energy, except "Hello Tyrannosaurus,...", which just feels forced and over-amplified. The dubstep breakdowns are also incredibly weak and simplified, there are no powerful bass wabbles and backing power chords. I expected "Gandhi mate..." to be an interlude type breakdown like the "Havoc"s of Common Dreads, but instead discovered it's actually a strong track surrounded by almost pop-like drab.
For me this album was a dissapointment, hopefully it will grow on me, but still doesn't stand up to their earlier records.
Well done if you read all that, got a bit carried away :P
A flash flood of colour
Brilliant!
Biography
Formed: 2003 in Hertfordshire, England
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '00s, '10s
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- £6.99
- Genres: Rock, Music, Adult Alternative, Hard Rock, Metal
- Released: 13 January 2012
- ℗ 2011 ENTER SHIKARI LTD
