Twitter users were understandably angry when the BBC used Kasabian’s new single, “The Wall”, to play out coverage of the Lionesses’ Euros win last month. Following the women’s historic win with music by an all-male rock band (whose former frontman was recently convicted of domestic violence) was an own goal for the Beeb and the band, whose new song took too much flak for being “slow and boring”.
Although “The Wall” is a slow-burner of an anthem, the band’s seventh album finds the electro-rockers on impressively punchy and experimental form. Fans may have worried that energy levels would dip without the chaotic charisma of Tom Meighan’s vocals, but songwriter Sergio Pizzorno brings his own fight to the mic, ensuring The Alchemist’s Euphoria delivers more than enough adrenaline to keep mosh pits churning and enough invention in its textural shifts to keep things fresh.
