If you are eco-conscuous, then you believe in recycling. But what happens when you are eco-conscious in your approach to music? Then you are an artist who copies himself, which is not necesserely a bad thing. And it’s definitely a thing, since many out there are doing it.
Kasabian were always a typical British indie rock band. They created their music under the influence of Oasis, Primal Scream and The Beatles. Their lyrics were primarely centered around popular problems such as socio-political perplexities, psychological issues and broken relationships. If you add treasure of distorted, psychedelic guitars and disco groove on top of it, you get the formula which results in Kasabian’s latest album.
It’s been three years since the guys have recorded 48:13, and the frontman Serge Pizzorno noted that he needed only six weeks to write the album For Crying Out Loud, the one he described as more simple than its predecessor. Maybe simple is the new euphemism for boring. Let’s see.
In my opinion, the album deserves a moderate mark, mostly thanks to Good Fight and Comeback Kid. Maybe also III Ray (The King) and You’re In Love With The Psycho. If it wasn’t for this tracks, I think I wouldn’t even be writing this review as I would be busy throwing all of their discography in my recycle bin.
The whole album has a cliché festival vibe and it is enormously dance-y (If you are a kid or If you are listrening to this bandfor the very first time). Vast majority of songs is upbeat, with catchy choruses and pulsating drums. Synths and explosive guitar jamms do not succeed in eliminating the feeling that it all sounds forced and hackneyed.
Kasabian were the strongest around their debut when Club Foot was putting dancefloors on fire. West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum brought back the focus to the band from Leicester. For Crying Out Loud won’t do the same. And they can cry about it as long as they want.
