#nit&eip

”I wish I was a comet Burning up into the night I wish I was a comet But I'm just a satellite I don't like the limelight So we don't hold hands in daylight I still drag the closet All my limbs, they ache inside And surely all my family and my friends My god and my ends They cannot all be wrong So I play along: We refrain from touch We are satellites In a cosmic dance Amongst the northern lights And we orbit fast But I wish we could collide I'm sick of concealing I'm sick of the feeling I no longer want to hide Cos I think it could be love But I can't show you enough I wanna burn through the atmosphere Soar like a meteor tonight All the gravity between us Someone bring me down to land And write a prayer to Venus What is life without affection Now online they discuss Whether I exist And in the court they decide Who I can kiss“

Enter Shikari - Elegy for Extinction

Enter Shikari - Modern Living....

Nothing is True and Everything is Possible by Enter Shikari is a pretty damn fantastic album, though it’s a grower for sure. That reviewer that said it had no “redeeming qualities” must’ve only listened to it once. Was prolly shit-brained, too.

Someone on Reddit said it really well; "Overall the album has a really dark undertone. It's Existential dread coated by a thin layer of pop and electronics with a nice dash of classical instruments."

I do feel like some songs should be placed in a different order. Elegy for Extinction should really be the closer, but it's right in the middle, before and after some hard-hitters. Satellites* * is very pop-heavy and could absolutely imagine it being played on mainstream radio. It's good but fairly safe for them.

I love the lines "How can you never be nervous?", and "I throw myself into the day but I just seem to ricochet". There are some great lyrics, even though some people are complaining about them. I also love lyrics like “Oh, the beauty of the twilight glows, oh, the delusion of Vincent van Gogh. A red sky at night, a shepherd's flashlight; his beam sweeps like brush strokes across the sky“

Waltzing Off The Face Of The Earth is a grim but catchy track with harrowing lyrics: “There’s been a shooting in a Walmart, so put guns on every shopping cart. There’s dead kids on the beach, bigoted parents now decide what teachers teach. Our future’s been denied and there’s nowhere to hide now that nothing is true and everything is possible”

Modern Living reminds me a LOT of Blur. The Pressure’s On is a highlight, too. There’s a very heavy synth/electro influence throughout the whole album. None of the songs could really be considered Rock, necessarily. So it’s a departure, but still quintessential Shikari.

This album is also not as aggressive or blunt with its lyrics, outside of Waltzing. Subtlety does work, but I also miss the days of Fanfare for the Concious Man, Stalemate, Anaesthetist, and Arguing with Thermometers.