Enter Shikari
Irving Plaza, New York
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Description
Doors: 6pm. Also performing: Architects (UK), Heartist, and Crossfaith. 16+. Price: $16 (+$9 fee).
A funny thing happened between the release of Enter Shikari’s 2009 full-length, Common Dreads, and now—and that thing is called Skrillex. Suddenly, dubstep was no longer Europe’s dirty little secret, and dozens of bands on the left-hand side of the pond began incorporating riskier electronic elements into their otherwise rather vanilla rock and metal arrangements. Where did this leave the four boys from St. Albans, Hertfordshire, U.K., who were inarguably one of the first modern groups to succeed at this mixing of genres? Well, if you thought A Flash Flood Of Colour would be anything less than a defining statement of the band’s career, you must be too busy anticipating the next bass drop.
It’s hard to tell just who is pushing whom on Colour. On one hand, the musical arrangements bounce between being positively breathtaking (“Constellations”) and skull-crushing (“Sssnakepit,” “…Meltdown”). That the band are able to fuse together so many elements of electronic, dance, industrial, rave and dubstep music into their post-hardcore songs and make it sound so effortless is incredible. But what makes the songs truly exciting are the lyrics from frontman Roughton “Rou” Reynolds. The 25-year-old has a better grasp on world politics and socio-environmental issues than most people twice his age.
Review by Scott Heisel / Altpress.