Enter Shikari - Take To The Skies

[The Tenements]

It’s rare to come across an album which is essential listening, not just because of its musical quality or its inventiveness, but also because of its importance to modern music. Take To The Skies is just such an album.

From the opening atmospheric synth of Stand Your Ground; This is an Ancient Land you can tell you’re about to hear something special and this feeling is solidified when Enter Shikari kicks in. With lead singer Rou producing such vitriol against a dynamic background of synth, crashing drums and heavy guitar riffage, you can’t help but be impressed by this young band as you’re swept along for the ride. Adieu showcases the band and their most heartfelt and mellow, with sweet infectious melodies accompanied by acoustic guitar, before building to a glorious crescendo in the last minute.

According to one of the band’s own song titles, Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour. This isn’t the best way to sum up the...

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[Neil.]

Originally Posted by The Tenements

My main point was that regardless of what their music sounds like, which is obviously subject to opinion, the way they might be changing the music world is by rejecting deals from big labels. It doesn't matter about the money, by doing things their own way and setting up their own label, they undercut the music industry which is mainly geared towards profits and controls the kind of music a band puts out. Cutting out record labels by using the internet could mean bands have more freedom to make the music they want to make.

Is one of their dads not like a major label boss? which i'm sure had no effect on their success. None at all.

That said, they're quite good fun, in an utterly devoid of meaning and originality sort of way. I honestly do find that album quite enjoyable to jump about the house to. Anyone that takes them seriously needs help, mind you. I dont think you get the joke, the tennements.

[Joe Spinebuster]

Originally Posted by The Tenements

the way they might be changing the music world is by rejecting deals from big labels

I doubt they are rejecting offers that big, and I doubt this shitty band will "change the music world" in the slightest, but I agree that it is admirable if they have a strong DIY ethic behind their terrible music. As long as they are doing it because they care about the music industry, and not just because they are holding-out for the right number of figures to come along, then I totally respect that.
Good moral fibre shouldn't equate a glowing album review, though, as the music is still pretty gash. Before becoming a second-rate Incubus knockoff and then eventually fading into obscurity, Apartment 26 mixed metal with "dance" / synths a lot better than this mob, as have plenty of other bands over the past decade or so.

In any event, there should be some kind of minimum post count reuirement before someone is allowed to post CD reviews. This is probably just blind praise from some overly-keen street-teamer.

The worst thing about Enter Shikari is that I almost went to see them a few years back, misreading a poster that led me to believe them to be the return of a band called Shikari who were MUCH better than this trend-riding garbage.

Just read through this thread and can't believe someone else actually mentioned Apartment 26, haha. TRUST YOU, PAUL!

[pANDAS Radio]

Yeah, its fashionable for bands to pretend that they're on indie labels again. Just like when Ned's Atomic Dustbin had the Furtive record label (which was really set up and given to them by Sony so they could still appear "indie").

[McLeary]

Apartment 26?! Fuck sake, that's Unkle Markus old.

[Neil.]

Good hair and good shoes though, and to be fair, thats all they need.

[Nuff]

I don't really care about them but I find it funny how much they split opinions.

[Warped]

Neil the hairs shite, you will all look back when you are older and think, i hate myself.

More so that girls, that have gave up their fanny to ugly guys.

[Neil.]

No no, I shall look back on all the shalow girls i pumped and smile.

Its no really that many, good for a ginger but.

[The Tenements]

I'm pleased to at least have written a review that provokes a reaction.

[Posh]

By reaction, you mean derision

[MarkMono]

Any reaction will do, I'd be happy if someone burned my house down because of something I wrote.

[Christie.]

Enter Shikari are brilliant for getting people in a rave mood tho!

They're wild!

[dalamarthedark]

Wank.

[bevros]

Just read through this thread and can't believe someone else actually mentioned Apartment 26, haha. TRUST YOU, PAUL! [/quote]

fuck yeah, im probably one of the only people in the world with therre album haha and they put me on the guest list for evanescence back in the day so gotta give a mention i miss 2001 :P lol

[Pantgirl]

The name of the band reminds me of Mushrooms

The food not the "Woah mushies!" kind