i want to mort

I want to listen to Shiner and Girls Against Boys and Stereolab

Album Rating: 3.5

Honestly the absolute worst part of the current year shikari for me is Rou's lyrics. Once in a blue moon he can produce something absolutely beautiful and poetic, but this generally happens like once per album, but 5-10 times per album i just cringe to death when listening to his earth-shattering lyrics.



"I miss them like the majority of modern mainstream music

Misses an original metaphor for missing someone" still fucking haunts me to this day



Come on man



Other than that the album is pretty fun

Album Rating: 4.0

Lyrics have always had a satirical/comical edge. I kinda see it more as Rou's personality injected into the music. Wouldn't be Enter Shikari without inviting demons to dinner and biting the bastards ears off (step up from biting fingers off at least!)

I wouldn't take them too seriously

Album Rating: 4.0

these are the least bad and most human lyrics rou has ever written

the usual shikari release is advocating a lofty unplanned faux-progressive world peace while not realizing it's utilizing the verbiage of genocide to do so, + some shitposting

this is just normal lyricism that shows his broad viewpoint without spreading its asshole for the world to see, and has at least some nuance and life experience and character development thrown in

that's why it's a 4

Album Rating: 3.0

There’s some good stuff on this but there’s some wack stuff too, prob on par with the last album and spark

yeah looks like mindsweep wasn't a bad spot for me to stop lol

has anyone made a mom's spaghetti joke yet

Album Rating: 4.0

the planet is sweaty, morals weak, arms race heavy, there's fent laced in our soylent already, mao? let's forgetti

Album Rating: 3.5

Been listening to these guys for nearly 20 years now, and there's one thing that always has and still does hold true: the more over-the-top weird they get -- in sound, lyricism or arrangement -- the better they stick. And yes, cringe is definitely an issue here, but I guess there's no way around that when your shtick has been preaching the end of the world with intentionally maximized weirdness, for 25 years.



They seem to have fun again and it rubs off.

Rou is fundamentally a bad lyricist

Album Rating: 4.0

Nah this is wayyy better than a kiss for the whole world. This is what that album should have been

"yeah looks like mindsweep wasn't a bad spot for me to stop lol"

Def not a bad stopping point, but An Ode To Lost Jigsaw Pieces is fs one of their best tracks (from the album following Mindsweep)

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

The spark is probably my fav shikari overall i think.

This album is fun AF

Album Rating: 4.5

Looking at dofferent forums it's crazy how opinions vary about this bands best work. It speaks to the overall quality imo

Enter Shitari

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

I also think some the cringe helps them, its cheeky and fun not "dude you are 30 and making dick and fart jokes like a 14 year old"