Buy the new Kaiser Chiefs!

Posted by paul in In Case You're a Dummy, Volume 12 on December 10th, 2008 01:35am

Buy the new Kaiser Chiefs album, Off With Their Heads. Teaming with producer Mark Ronson and complete with a Cut Copy remix, this album literally blew me away (J/K…I am laughing at that description because it is so lame – what does that even mean).

Anyway, I can’t understand anything they’re saying.

What I mean is that the unpretentious coupling of shake-your-ass hypnotist Ronson and the straightforward lyrics, guitars, drums, and otherwise makes for an incredible listen, with bongo breakbeats and synth crescendos lurking around each bend. It’s as if they took their naturally bouncy, catchy rock sound into the music store for an upgrade and someone was like, Hey, here is the new Ronson module: plug this in for increased danceability and improved harmonic performance.

This is certainly not to say that the album is without a nondanceable hymnal or two, the thoughtful moments of this album reach into places where you may or may not be familiar. Itchy, clammy places. Places your loufa would balk at. And ps. you have to love the English-ness of the album. In particular their approaches to their foreign understanding of hiphop and rap lyricism.

But, seriously, all seriousness aside, go get this album, wait until you have guests that are impressed with new music (and maybe have consumed a bit of alcohol), place this record in your phonographic player and boogie.

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