Stonking new record from former Lad rockers. Who’d have thought?
At this stage, we know exactly what we’re getting with a Kasabian record, right? Wrong. Three albums in, the Leicester outfit have decided to knock the loutish lad rock aimed at Stella-swigging Oasis fans on the head.
West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum is as convention bucking as they come. From the acid-fuelled, spacey music to the camp cover sleeve to the very title of the slab of wax, all bets are off in the Kasabian camp.
The first four tracks are pure dynamite – ‘Underdog’ is a skewed, slinky beast of a song; ‘Where Did The Love Go’ is all jagged and bruised; ‘Swarfiga’ is a triumphant call to arms; and ‘Fast Fuse’ is possibly the best three minutes the band have committed to tape thus far. It’s not all weird experimentation though – ‘Thick As Thieves’ is a familiar Kinks-like stomp and recent single ‘Fire’ is classic Kasabian. It’s safe to say that some of the band’s fans might be alienated by the oddness of the record and songs like ‘West Ryder Silver Bullet’ (featuring guest vocals by Hollywood chanteuse Rosario Dawson) and ‘Happiness’ might be a little too jarring for a more pedestrian musical palate. But that’s their loss really.
Key Track: ‘Fast Fuse’
The track is from the the band's latest album 48:13.
Read More Words such as 'cordial', 'canister' and 'voucher' flashed behind the band on-screen as they performed.
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48:13 will be available to purchase beginning June 9.
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Last summer they set Marlay Park on fire with an incendiary double-header alongside Noel Gallagher. Now Kasabian have their sights set on Forbidden Fruit.
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All the action from Kasabian and friends jaunt to South Dublin
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Lad rockers Kasabian took the Odyssey by storm last night. Here's the view from the front row. Photos Carrie Davenport
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Read More Leicester crew reaffirm their standing as Britain’s most interesting and ambitious stadium rockers.
Read More The Odyssey Arena and the O2 will be on fire on November 25 and 26.
Read More 'Days are forgotten', from Kasabian's upcoming fourth studio album, will be released on September 12. Listen to the new track now online!
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In an exclusive interview with Hot Press published today, Kasabian speak openly about the negative impact of the Internet on music, and contemplate wiping out computers and blowing up iTunes!
Read More Kasabian's anthemic back catalogue immediately lends itself to that unique festival feeling, with the singalong factor reaching dizzy new heights.
Read More The heirs apparent to Oasis' Brit rock throne showed their credentials with a cracking show in The O2
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Dolan’s Warehouse has scored a major coup by bringing Kasabian to Limerick for a Marlay Park warm-up gig on August 12.
Read More Kasabian have wrung no more than a handful of killer pop moments from a somewhat one-dimensional sound. But the enthusiastic crowd reaction at Hineken Green Energy has tempered my less than converted position just a little.
Read More Kasabian are the first headline act to be confirmed for this year’s Heineken Green Energy festival, which takes place from May 5 to 7 in Dublin Castle.
Read More Are they Madchester tribute band charlatans, an even more half-baked Kula Shaker, or swaggering rock monsters from Leicester? The jury is still out in the case of The People vs Kasabian.
Read More Too many half-baked ideas, none of them original, shoehorned into insubstantial songs.
Read More Fresh from strutting their stuff at Oxegen, Kasabian will be joined by The Rapture and Hot Chip to play a special show in Belfast as part of a new Channel 4 music programme.
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Read More By now we’ve become used to new bands arriving in a blaze of their own hyperbole, but even still Leicester’s Kasabian do seem to fancy themselves a fair bit.
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