Enter Shikari Rat Race
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ZombieToyDuck
May 3rd 2018


7203 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I love that you can hear the guitar slides in paddington frisk at the end, hearing that gives such a raw grit to that ending

ZombieToyDuck
August 24th 2018


7203 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

THEY KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR US!

JeetJeet
April 22nd 2020


12830 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

This is fucking awesome

SteakByrnes
April 22nd 2020


31061 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yea this owns hard

Flugmorph
February 5th 2022


35420 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

damn this EP fucking fire, a bit too short to receive a 4.0 from me but damn close

JeetJeet
February 5th 2022


12830 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

HOLD ONNNN WE JUST HOOOLLD ON FOR AN EXITTTTT

MyMentality
January 24th 2023


1766 Comments


Rat Race is easily one of their best songs yeah

Storm In A Teacup
January 24th 2023


47085 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah

Mort.
June 4th 2024


26404 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

best thing this band ever did???

SteakByrnes
June 4th 2024


31061 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

no but it does bang very hard

Mort.
June 4th 2024


26404 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

whats their best in your opinion steak?

SteakByrnes
June 4th 2024


31061 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Take To The Skies without a doubt, but also The Mindsweep is up there. Those to me feel like what Enter Shikari has always been about all tied up in a neat package. I do think this little EP might be their most focused effort, I like tacking on Slipshod at the front too

Mort.
June 4th 2024


26404 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

this is their most focused by far



mindsweep has some dreadul production imo, really could be improved by a remaster



take to the skies has aged dreadfully, production is awful and rous vocals are awful. as ive said a million times, the demos/the zone stuff sounds so much better. even their live performances sound a million times better



common dreads actually holds up pretty well in my opinion and is a great improvement over take to the skies, especially regarding the scope of the electronic music. ttts is literally just trancey synths. common dreads draws from much more. But lyrically is has some real stinkers, as does flash flood.





Mort.
June 4th 2024


26404 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

flash flood is a highlight imo, maybe their least adventurous but pretty consistent



mindsweep has some great songwriting and electronics, just awful production



the spark is just overly hated, has some real lovely tunes but i wouldnt consider it a favourite



nothing is true bangs overall, really love that album and is deffo one of their best



a kiss for the whole world is just a phoned in dud with too little going on,













Futures
Contributing Reviewer
June 4th 2024


17237 Comments


flash flood is the only one i've heard in full surprisingly. that ones great. gotta jam more from these guys.

Mort.
June 4th 2024


26404 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

oh yeh for sure. this is a very short ep worth checking



i can fully understand not liking all their stuff and really disliking some of it. but i feel like theyve always been a band willing to put themselves out there and try something a bit weird even if it does often come off as cringy and kitsch

SteakByrnes
June 5th 2024


31061 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I think TTTS has aged in a charming way, could it be better? Absolutely lol, with their modern prod and a not sick Rou that album would be absolutely insane lol. Common Dreads rules, I agree that it expanded way further on the synth driven music that they wanted to make. Flash Flood rules, I used to think it was their worst LP but now I def don't think so. Mindsweep feels like a true sequel to TTTS and I really love it, don't mind the prod at all really. The Spark had to grow on me, but I like their take on that style. Nothing is True is very beautiful, I love that album so much. Kiss is mostly fine and it has grown on me a bit but still a pretty disappointing release

onionbubs
June 5th 2024


23796 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

i lean most towards debut/nothing is true/spark but i feel like depending on what type of music fan you are you could honestly come up with a good argument for any of their lps being their peak except kiss. really cool and rewarding discog in that regard



also this ep absolutely fuckin bangs. title track is maybe a top 10 shikari song for me

vult
June 5th 2024


3426 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah I don’t get the mindsweep production critique - sounds more or less fine to me and has bangers. If anything Flash Flood has the production issues that impact it more.



Rou has admittedly had horrible screaming technique for like his entire career but idk I think it sounds good lmao ttts is like perfect campy electrocore and I’ll rip it up to Mothership anytime



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