Album Rating: 4.5
This is the best they’ve sounded in a decade. Kinda surprised by the muffled reception
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Album Rating: 4.5
Actually this is the best they’ve ever sounded
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Album Rating: 4.0
Wouldn't be that radical but it's maybe my fourth to fifth favorite Shikari album now, all the choruses work so well (yeah even it's ok)
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Album Rating: 4.5
I was thinking 2nd favorite behind Mindsweep but honestly I think it’s even better than that especially the last 3
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Album Rating: 3.0
Dead in the Water is an all time ES song I hope they play it live
I think about half of this is good/great but there’s some rough areas. It’s growing on me a bit.
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Album Rating: 3.5
Dead in the Water chorus is peak agreed.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Still blasting this and not bored yet. Flick of a Switch I is slowly becoming top tier Shikari for me now too, crank that up in the car it's a completely different experience.
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Album Rating: 4.0
AFFOC through to Nothing Is True is their peak era though. Might just be nostalgia but there's something special about those albums, even The Spark... despite its flaws.
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Album Rating: 4.5
The Spark is nearly terrible. It has a few strong moments I guess but it only feels like a piece of an album and it and AKFTWW don’t even feel like full albums. Everything leading up to and including The Mindsweep is good. And Nothing Is True felt like a good comeback. Then they went back to crap. Then came back as strong as ever here. I had no clue this was even coming out, tbh, but glad to be surprised. It’s just weird to me that this has had just as poor if not worse reception than AKFTWW. That wasn’t even a complete album lmao. And probably their worst album
The last 3 songs here alone are stronger than The Spark and AKFTWW and the other songs are as enjoyable and catchy as anything else on any of their other albums. Sure it may lack much post hardcore but pretty much everything since AFFOC has had less emphasis on post-hardcore. Tracks 1-6 are very solid and quite possibly their longest run of proper songs that don’t fall into some sort of weird wankery. And then the final 4 are their strongest set of songs. Only low spot here is “It’s Ok”. And it’s okay lol
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Oh, baby, when you talk like that
You make a woman go mad
So be wise (sí) and keep on (sí)
Reading the signs of my body (uno, dos, tres, cuatro)
I'm on tonight
You know my hips don't lie (no fighting)
And I'm starting to feel it's right
All the attraction, the tension
Don't you see, baby, this is perfection?
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Album Rating: 4.0
I really didn't like The Spark upon release, but coming back to it today, I feel like it still has that Shakira magic.
I can't put my finger on it, but it hits a bit deeper than their past two albums. They had this "spark" that has fizzled out a little.
This is still a killer album though but it doesn't feel quite as special their 2010-2020 run.
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Album Rating: 3.0
"that Shakira magic" lmao
You'll never catch me slandering The Spark nowadays, but I admit it didn't sit as well with me when it first came out.
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I finally checked this band out a few months ago and The Mindsweep really stuck with me and is the only album I really know at this point. In my world where only these 2 albums exist, this is a really good follow up to The Mindsweep.
Find out the Hard Way is a great song and I can't get it out of my head
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Album Rating: 4.0
If you like those two albums, definitely give A Flash Flood of Colour a go. That and The Mindsweep are my two favourites by these guys.
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Album Rating: 4.0
A Shakira and Shikari tour would end world hunger
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Album Rating: 3.5
Yep, skipling It's Okay improves this album so much lol
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Got around to spinning this and it grabbed me on the first listen, something I haven't been able to say since The Mindsweep.
Just when the songs start to sound a bit repetitive, a nice guitar riff or bouncy synth line bursts forth with some tasty drumming for good measure- they sound more inspired than they have on the last couple.
It's a consistent listen from start to finish, hoping they come out to Canada this year as I'd like to catch some of these songs live.
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