When other bands attempt to carry on with a new singer but the same name, it’s usually because the last one died. The position of Leicester arena fillers Kasabian is trickier. Frontman Tom Meighan was fired in 2020 after he was found guilty of assaulting his fiancée and sentenced to 200 hours of community service. She seems to have forgiven him – they got married last year – but he hasn’t rejoined the band. “There is absolutely no way we can condone his assault conviction,” they said in a statement at the time. “Domestic violence and abuse of any kind is totally unacceptable.”
Kasabian’s most important element is still there as the remaining members release their seventh album. It was always guitarist Serge Pizzorno who wrote the songs, with a fascinating ear for electronic oddness that has often been overlooked amid all the shouty indie rock. Now he’s the frontman too.
