24
Mar/12

VIDEO OF THE DAY: ENTER SHIKARI

24
Mar/12

British electro-punks Enter Shikari are blowing out venues around the world in support of their third album, A Flash Flood of Colour (Hopeless, January 2012), the follow-up to 2007’s Take to the Skies and 2009’s Common Dreads. On the new disc, guitarist Liam “Rory” Clewlow, bassist Chris Batten, drummer Rob Rolfe, and lead singer and keyboardist Roughton “Rou” Reynolds blast their way through such songs as “Sssnakepit,” “Hello Tyrannosaurus, Meet Tyrannicide,” “Arguing with Thermometers” (the video for which pays homage to the Beastie Boys classic “Sabotage”), and the opening double shot of “System . . .” and “. . . Meltdown.” Not just hardcore screamers — although they’re rather adept at that — Enter Shikari also mixes in power pop, techno, heavy metal, electronic noise, and, dare we say it, melodic balladry. They’ll be at Irving Plaza on April 6, playing with At the Skylines and Letlive.