what a load of auld shite

Stop being so negative. There's no need if you have no interest in Kasabian.

I think the album Empire really sums up the stark contrast within the band's output. This is the album that Karloff left early on during the sessions, and it's no surprise to hear that you can make out a stark difference between the scant number of Karloff co-written tunes and the ones in which Serge was left to his own devices with. Two of the three songs with Karloff's input from that album are my favourite - the title track and Stuntman. I think they naturally follow on from the debut which is a testament in itself. For sure, a guitar band dabbling in electronica has become a bit of a cliche these days, and lyrically they have always been mince and you're not going to find moments of profundity or enlightenment in their music. But they knew how to conjure up pulsating tunes that provided the listener with an amphetamine rush. Their debut's not nearly a classic by any stretch of the imagination but it still stood out in stark contrast to the shite that was being flung out in that era like Razorlight and The Fratellis. In sum, they were a lot of fun.

The problems that manifest themselves on Empire became the norm for the band. Serge thought he was a classic songwriter by trying to write disciplined and conventionally structured pop/rock songs, and they became one of those 'other' bands from that era. You couldn't imagine a song as dreadful as British Legion ending up on their debut, but it sadly wouldn't be out of place on any of their albums onwards. There's been a few instances where they try to hark back to the sound of their debut but two heads are better than one as Karloff proved, and Serge just isn't the generation defining songwriter he likes to think he is. On top of that, you have to contend with the hot air that comes from Tom and Serge with every release touted as 'era defining' and 'taking rock music out of the gutter'. That's not just arrogance, that's delusion on a level with Viva Brother, with songs almost just as bad. When you mix such hubris with ever diminishing and terrible songs, you start to realise that they are the problem with rock music, not the solution.

Could easily see this on the next FIFA tracklisting tbf

Please tell me its just me who hears Every Breath You Take on speed?

Definitely a grower. Nothing extraordinary, but I guess I'm gonna like it as the weeks go by because at first I thought it was a bit odd and forced, but now I can pleasantly listen to it. Solid chorus, even though the song is a bit boring maybe. Maybe it's a production problem?

That cover though. Oh my, it's appalling. It looks like a shit fake cover made with Paint ahaha

now this is a performance



and this is fuckin shite

Lol Who the hell gives a Fuck about album covers 2017?

Haha do you still buy music or What?

Stupid idiots

Actually I'm one of those "stupid idiots" who still buy music.
You can't call others "stupid idiots" just because they do different things/have different opinions.

I don't know if there's a more blinkered fanbase in music than Kasabian's. At this point they're openly mocking you and what comes back is "i-it's a g-grower" and "album artwork doesn't matter in 2017".