Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
This nugget of information was posted on 17/08/09 at 4:22 pm by Lee and is filed under Album, Reviews.
This album see’s the third instalment by the East Midland boys and an altogether more concise musical effort.
Kasabian have unfortunately always been lumped in with the ladish/madchester scene; a pigeon hole which has hindered their musical efforts being taken as seriously as deserved.
‘West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum’, the group’s most conceptual work to date, will hopefully put all doubts to rest that the band are anything other than a stone roses re-hash, and push them towards a more appropriate fanbase.
The album has a wide range of musical genres. Songs such as ‘Swarfiga’ and the title track give evidence to a heavy degree of Pink Floydian influence, a welcome blend with Kasabian’s recognizable dark electronica tone. Whereas ‘Thick As Thieves’ breaks new ground for the band, taking us to the other end of the musical spectrum in it’s folky psychadelic journey around some gypsy wonderland.
For fans of previous album stompers such as ‘Shoot the Runner’ and ‘Club Foot’, look no further than the chunky bass driven ‘Fast Fuse’. A musical monster with a pace and attitude that wouldn’t sit out of place onboard a chopper going into Nam’.
Then there’s the anthemic‘Fire’, the album’s first ‘real’ single, (‘Vlad the Impaler’ was available via download), which delivers the soul tearing choruses we know, love and have come to expect from Kasabian.
WRPLA binds all these elements together to create a Frankenstein. Each sound contributes to creating a very well produced album that should see Kasabian receiving the recognition they deserve.
