Kaiser Chiefs: second album, pure rock-pop!
2007 is definitely a year rock'N'roll. In any case, she started as such. After the shattering return of rock sophisticated (the brilliant A week-end in the city of Bloc Party) or melodic (the excellent Some Loud Thunder clap your hands say yeah) and the long awaited discovery of rock Klaxons' electro, it's Kaiser Chiefs we were seriously waiting for at the turn. It must be said thatEmployment, the first album The five boys from Leeds had been hailed by critics when it was released in 2005. There was only one slogan for the quintet: making good songs. Understand tubes, truths, which are still in your head, all on a sound rock most effective and massive. With nearly 2 million copies sold worldwide and three Brit Awards received in 2006 (Best Group, Best Group rock and best concert), we can say that it worked well.
So they naturally used the same recipe for their new album, Yours Truly Angry Mob (released last February 26th), with what you need of catchy choruses, electric guitars and drums very thick. We find pell-mell a little Madness, Kinks, Blur and many other mythical groups they like to claim. In short, it is rock and it's pop, in the purest British tradition. Morality: it should be good. Note that the peculiarity of Kaiser Chiefs remains their performance live completely crazy. On stage, the singer, Ricky Wilson, is easily transformed into a sick person, and this for the delight of the audience. The group will make several dates in France in May and June, so notice to fans!
