Earth-Angel Posted February 12, 2005 Report Share Posted February 12, 2005 I've heard a bit of these guys before, but now that I've heard the album in its entirety, I can really say: These lads are great! They're favourites of Liam Gallagher and have been compared to great British bands such as Muse, Oasis, Stone Roses and others such as The Thrills and 20/20. Standout tracks for me have to be 'Cutt off', 'L.S.F' and 'Club Foot'. Album Description Honest and real, arrogant and na�ve, Kasabian are four lads making music with total disregard for anything else going on and are sure to be the next big thing. Their contemporaries in attitude if not musical style are bands like The Coral and SFA. And in singer Tom and songwriter Serge, Kasabian have not one but two charismatic front men. This, their debut album features the hits "Club Foot" and "L.S.F (Lost Souls Forever)", plus new versions of the limited releases "Processed Beats" and "Reason Is Treason". Produced by Kasabian, mixed by Jim Abiss (The Music, Unkle, DJ Shadow). Through a hefty schedule of touring and playing gigs and festivals, Kasabian have emerged as one of the hottest bands to make the big time this Summer with plaudits aplenty, and rightly so. As you may hope to expect from a band named after murderer Charles Mansion�s getaway driver their sound is gritty, edgy and highly politicised punky electro. The pounding beats and electrifying white noise of opening track Club Foot with its driven, narcissistic drawling delivery of singer Tom�s vocals are the first signs that this band is a little bit special - and don't they know it. There are similarities between this Leicester mob and The Cooper Temple Clause but their sound and energy harks back to another time and another place: the arrogantly bloated and brilliant Madchester scene a hundred miles or so further up the M6. Hear throughout the bass heavy indie-dance of the Happy Mondays and Stone Roses, the swagger of Liam and the ingenuity of Scots Primal Scream. Second track Processed Beats carries on in the same vein - honest and aggressive with synths, guitars, pumped-up percussion and perfectly unpolished layered over one another. Reason Is Treason morphs easily into ID, which starts off with a spiky-edged synth before enveloping in to a warm post-trip slow burner of a song, in turn fading in to interlude Orange, which layers angelic gospel voices over the rhythmic war dance of a drum. Then, festival favourite L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever), a raucous post-modern Primal Scream trip through uncouth youth. Gillespie would be proud. Test Transmission is all space rock and backward guitar while closer U Boat is mesmerising. Moody and riotously maudlin, swirling electro-synth melodies are enveloped in a thrashing, pummeling Stone Roses-style beat. This is more than a collection of singles, this is an album of balance - each song giving way to the next, druggy arrogance clashes with a youthful innocence, driving guitar, invention and inspiration building on imitation. Anthemic from start to finish, it looks like Kasabian may just get away with it. One of the albums of the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mairi Posted February 12, 2005 Report Share Posted February 12, 2005 Hey E-A! I quite like that Kasabian song that goes: John was a scientist, he was hooked on LSD and it has the sharks in the video, what's it called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted February 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2005 Yeah, that's 'Cutt off'! Good song huh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 i just finished listening to their album, and im so glad i bought it, its really cool, thanks for bringing it to my attention! i particularly like "club foot" and "processed beats" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddy the Hatter Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 Oo yeah there brilliant!! They have got a wee touch of Oasis about them but I think there better!! Also up for best british band at the NME awards I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted April 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 I'm listening to Clubfoot right now and darn if it isn't cool and catchy! I like the beat and the vocals, very brash but they mix with the electronica. Good stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddy the Hatter Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Oo yeah,I got their album ages ago! there great! love the whole album,especially "L.S.F" "Reason is treason" "Club Foot" and "U Boat" ,I also love all the bands they have been compared to! but don't really see any comparrison between them and The Thrills..*shrugs* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted January 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 They are not like the thrills at all, but I am still loving the album! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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