 
I have been following Enter Shikari since pretty
much the start of their musical journey and throughout
the years the band have got better and better
and have been away working on their third album
‘A Flash Flood Of Colour’ for a long
time now and it has just been released and mid
week records show that the album is cruising through
to take the number 1 slot in the album charts.
If you thought that you have heard everything
that Enter Shikari have had to offer with their
previous albums then you are going to be pleasantly
surprised with what they have to offer with ‘A
Flash Flood Of Colour’ as the album shows
that Enter Shikari are far from that predictable
band that you may have started to believe they
are as the album shows off a big hard hitting
experimental route with a hard hitting message
of how the world is screwed and we need to rise
above it to make things better.
The album opens with ‘System’ a song
which features some clever lyrics with Rou Reynolds
rapping his way through “There was a house
in a field on the side of a cliff, And the waves
crashing below were just said to be a myth, So
they ignore the warnings from the ships in the
docks, Now the house on the cliff is the wreckage
on the rocks” which is clear message that
so much stuff gets ignored in the world until
things are too late and disaster is upon us which
prompts Rou to encourage people to fight back
with lyrics of “So this an exciting time,
to be alive, Our generation's gotta fight, to
survive, It's in your hands now, there's no time,
Our future, Our future”, which is a clear
message to the world that we all need to group
together and fight for what we believe and change
the future for the better.
‘Meltdown’ is another killer song
with a killer message with Rou singing “Countries
are just lines, drawn in the sand with a stick”
which will have a lot of people thinking about
how the world has been deliberately divided and
how everyone and every country should be equal.
Other lyrics of “Fuck all borders and fuck
all boundaries Fuck all flags and fuck nationalities”
is a big middle finger salute to how we have all
been divded by default.
Musically the song features a mad flurry of synths
and some beefy guitar riffs which are bound to
kick off many circle pits at the bands future
live shows, the chorus of the song is extremely
melodic and has radio play written all over it
and overall the song is the perfect Enter Shikari
song with pretty much everything packed in.
The bands first single to be taken from the album
is ‘Sssnakepit’ and it is a song which
really does take you on a manic journey, it is
so fast paced and aggressive sounding that it
packs a massive punch with some chunky guitar
riffs in place and melodic vocals which come and
go.
‘Search Party’ is one of the standout
tracks on the album and it is due to the fact
that the song is a sing-a-long anthem from the
start but just as you are getting used to the
flow of the song things become aggressive with
a mad 20 second instrumental moment which is going
to cause massive amounts of movement in future
pits at the bands gigs, and before you know it
the song is back flowing like how it started,
this seriously has future single written all over
it.
‘Arguing With Thermometers’ is musically
an explosive song full of aggression and about
people being addicted to causing crime. ‘Stalemate’
is a song about money, military weapons and general
war and is covered in quite a laid back yet serious
way. ‘Gandhi Mate, Gandhi’ has one
of the best openings of any song that I have heard
in a long time with Rou Reynolds having an aggressive
rant about the state of the world before speaking
on behalf of everyone with lyrics of “but
I do think I can speak for everyone when I say,
we're sick of this shit”, musically the
song is very unpredictable yet so listenable.
‘Hello Tyrannosaurus, Meet Tyrannicide’
is a complete bonkers mosh pit anthem.
Overall ‘A Flash Flood Of Colour’
is an outstanding album which is going to take
Enter Shikari to dizzy heights with headline arena
shows and festival appearances in their sights
within the next 18 months, musically the album
has a big mix of everything and lyrically it has
a series of heartfelt messages and topics running
throughout about the state of the world today
and how we need to make a stand to put things
right.
5/5
Review by Trigger
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