I heard it's going to be a mix of everything they did. This is what Rou said in an interview: There’ll be tracks on there that wouldn’t sound out of place on Take To The Skies or Common Dreads. There’s some heavy stuff, some euphoric things… the synths and guitars are bolder on this record. We’re trying to make the definitive Shikari record; the one that a fan would pass to their mate like, ‘You don’t know Shikari? This is where you start.’” I like that idea. As far as the new song goes. I love it. It's heavier and rawer than The Spark. I love the Drum&Bass/Neurofunk elements.
Pre-ordered without hesitation. I'm a fan of the lead single. I've also gone down this Shark & Blitz rabbit hole with all the stuff Rou made before his side project became ROUT. Songs like Thumper go further back than I thought.
Album is out. They really went all crazy on this one. They're always kinda innovating, but this feels like they went even a step further. Unrelated, but this band has the craziest, wildest, fun live shows. Looking forward to see them again.
Yep this new album is crazy. Been a fan since 07 (Their first album Take To The Skies) and they never cease to amaze me. This album has so many styles crammed into one it's even hard to tell which genre they are at this point. I always say their genre is "Enter Shikari". They kinda created their own imo. "Abusing music genres worthless boundaries since 2003."
This album is straight up bad man. They sold out. Where did the instruments go? Why make poor sounding electronic/borderline EDM music. I’m not even finished with the album but this is by far their worst album to date. I enjoyed the previous album even though I didn’t think it was groundbreaking or anything like that but this is just bad. I wish they would go back to the mindsweep sound. Shame I never got to see them live before they sold out. They never come to Seattle. I like electronic music but it has to be good and this is not it. Update: After 1 listen, Tina is the only decent song.
Yep, exactly. This album has elements from electronic, rock, indie, pop, punk, to jazz & classical. And it still comes together as very Shikari-sounding. Pretty outstanding achievement. Funnily enough, for a long time, their only record I was a bit meh on was "Common Dreads". It has grown on me though.
I need to give this one some more listens before I give it a proper judgement. Ironically enough, all of the "movement" pieces are the ones I can't really get into currently. I thought those would be the ones I would like most, especially since I've been on a classical and prog kick for the past year. For that reason though, I was excited beyond belief to hear the orchestra come in on Elegy for Extinction. At the moment my album ranking looks like: Common Dreads Take to the Skies A Flash Flood of Colour The Spark Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible The Mindsweep But all of these albums are at least an 8/10 for me so being toward the bottom doesn't say that much about quality.
My ranking: 1. The Mindsweep (Classic) 2. Take To the Skies (Classic) 3. A Flash Flood Of Colour (Enjoy) 4. The Spark (Enjoy) 5. Common Dreads (Not a fan) 6. Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible (Absolutely not a fan)