A Flash Flood Of Colour
This Hertfordshire, England–based post-hardcore quartet keeps lashing out with upstart fervor in its third studio album, *A Flash Flood of Colour*. “System . . .” opens the album with a call to fight for the future. This is continued in “. . . Meltdown,” where Rou Reynolds yells “This is going to change everything!” before the song erupts with skittering beats, chaotic industrial noise, and a clash between distorted keyboards and rumbling bass. Over all this, Reynolds rails against the U.K.\'s failing economic system with more bite in his voice than on previous recordings. “Arguing with Thermometers” takes the Korn approach of fusing screamo with hard dubstep—though here a bouncing britpop guitar follows the singing melody. “Stalemate” features acoustic guitar, subtle rhythms, and softened vocal harmonies musing heavily on the unfair distribution of wealth and war in the East; it\'s a relevant addition to the protest-song canon.
It was a deeply annoying record, but also one that established [a]Enter Shikari[/a] as one of the few bands in Britain really trying.
Well produced and executed with precision. However, this is by no means third time lucky for Enter Shikari.
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Enter Shikari - A Flash Flood of Colour review: 2012 has barely started, but Enter Shikari give us an early contender for Album of the Year with the innovative, unexpected, and downright fun Flash Flood of Colour.
Third album from Hertfordshire electro-tinged heavy rockers is full of zest. Cd review by Thomas H Green