Daring Strong Debut from Kasabian (Kasabian - Kasabian)

Member Name: MattJames

Product:	Kasabian - Kasabian
Date:	09/11/09 (8 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Songs all cohesively flow, some monsters of tunes.

Disadvantages: Too Short? maybe.

Kasabian's debut album houses so many classics it's hard to remember this is just a debut and not from a band that have been together for many more years. If you've not heard this record, it comes highly recommended.

Opening with ethereal synths, the opening track, club foot, quickly begins to flex its muscles an pulsate. The fusion of electro and rock is very strong, and this remains a feature through out. The chorus is also a live anthem, as any one who has seen them live will testify.

The album runs very well, all the songs place together with a sense of fiery cohesion, with Tom Meighan's vocals snarling and almost bruising. ID however, stand out as a brilliant track even against the backdrop of what it is around. With the lead lyric "Music is my...my world," you sense this is what the band want to do forever. The song bursts into technicolor life after one and a half minutes of throbbing synth work, into an instantly recognisable even first time rock track.

Kasabian have found a small niche as an electro, younger, perhaps more relevant Oasis, and it is more than a pleasure to relisten again and again to this album.

Summary: A fine debut from the band now crowned as one of Britain's best.