Contrary to your perceptions; Post-Hardcore does not equate to pornstars in berets standing around talking about their feelings. It’s actually a musical genre that people, like me, can lump together that would normally be titled as Emo, Screamo, Goth-Pop and sound completely pretentious doing so.
Fortunately, for Post-Hardcore band Enter Shikari, whose first album had all the stereotypes that made the album a samey, if consistently decent debut, their follow-up
Common Dreads decided to incorporate elements from Dubstep to create an album that delivered neat ideas but overall, sounded muddled and confused.
Three years later, the North London outfit have entered the difficult realms of album three and I have to admit, the only reason I keep coming back to Enter Shikari like a battered housewife is the odd glimmer of something better amongst the filler. I liked
Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour which gave way to buying
Take to the Skies for three pounds in a sale. When
Common Dreads came about; it was stand-alone single
We Can Breathe in Space… which peaked my curiosity.
For
A Flash Flood of Colour; it was
Destabilise. With its big beats and bombastic feel, it was a song that did what
Common Dreads couldn’t do consistently or as epically. So naturally, I gave their latest album a listen, not really knowing what to expect but some what optimistic.
