Stay Together
12 years on from predicting riots and storming charts with their swaggering indie anthems, the Kaiser Chiefs complete their metamorphosis. 2016’s iteration comes bearing slick synth-pop and the countenance of ‘80s Duran Duran. It’s a shift that suits them. Ricky Wilson warms to the more soulful material; purring his way through opener “We Stay Together”, and unveiling a rather lascivious falsetto on “High Society”.
On album number six, the veteran Leeds quintet Kaiser Chiefs have swapped indie for a slate of sincere synthpop
Veteran U.K. rockers veer in the direction of radio friendly electronic for their sixth LP, which doesn't play to any of their strengths particularly well.
At one point in Kaiser Chiefs' sixth album, Stay Together, frontman Ricky Wilson declares "Pop music. This is pop music. We are writing and recording pop music."
On their sixth album, Stay Together, Kaiser Chiefs follow in their frontman Ricky Wilson's footsteps with their own makeover.
It’s hard to believe now but just over a decade ago when Kaiser Chiefs and Arctic Monkeys both emerged they spearheaded an unstoppable northern
I am not sure if Ricky Wilson is trying to convince himself or the listener when he announces, over a burbling synth intro to Stay Together, “We are writing and recording pop music.
Ricky Wilson and co fall flat with a Xenomania-produced horror. Review by Guy Oddy