 
Enter Shikari are back with their fourth studio
album ‘The Mindsweep’ and it is safe
to say that if you were blown away by their third
studio album ‘A Flash Flood Of Colours’
like we were here at Alternative Vision then you
are in for a treat with ‘The Mindsweep’
as when you think you have heard everything that
Enter Shikari have to offer they come back and
surprise you and that is exactly what they have
done with ‘The Mindsweep’ an album
which happens to be the most diverse sounding
album the band have ever released and also one
which see’s the band get a lot of their
chest.
The album opens with ‘The Appeal And The
Mindsweep I’ and like the start of every
Enter Shikari release it is a spoken word track
but this time around Enter Shikari have put everything
into the track with Rou Reynolds starting off
with his spoken word vocals before doing what
he does best and screaming his bollocks off and
when the song reaches its peak the beats are huge
the guitars are insane and the whole band join
in for group vocals of “I will read your
mind” as the song continues to grow in epic
proportions with Rou Reynolds singing “You
are not alone” over and over again.
‘The One True Colour’ is a mixed track
which features some banging drum beats and fuzzy
synths but it is vocally where the song really
shines as one minute the vocals are really soft
and gentle and then the next they are loud and
aggressive and that is one of the things that
I have grown to love about Enter Shikari over
the years the fact that within seconds they can
turn quite a pleasant sounding track aggressive
and vice versa, as the track progresses towards
the end Rou Reynolds gets all spoken word on us
and guitars become extremely loud.
‘Anaesthetist’ is the latest single
from Enter Shikari and it features the band angrily
attacking the government and the greedy idiotic
people who want to dismantle the NHS and start
charging people for healthcare and lyrically the
song hits all the right marks with Rou Reynolds
screaming out “You fucking spanner, just
a cog in the industry; you’re part blind,
you take the blood from the conflicted, you parasite,
you play god and you don’t care who it affects,
you suck the blood of the afflicted”.
‘The Last Garrison’ was one of the
first singles to be released from the album many
months ago now as the band were slowly teasing
that the album was ready and it one of the most
diverse songs on the album where one minute things
are quite melodic and then the next the song explodes
into mayhem with a sound which is going to see
the mosh pit go off at future Enter Shikari live
shows and I am sure it is going to be epic hearing
hundreds and thousands of fans singing “Still
air in my lungs, still blood in my veins”
along with Rou Reynolds.
‘Myopia’ is a massive mix of a song
which see’s the band go all melodic one
minute and all heavy the next, its extremely fast
paced for the majority and one of those songs
that you find yourself tapping along to without
even realising. ‘The Bank Of England’
see’s Enter Shikari go down quite a simple
and mellow route until the last minute where a
massive range of amazing synths come in and the
song beams to life in such a big way. ‘There’s
A Price On Your Head’ is by far the most
insane track on the album and it is utterly fantastic,
full of aggression and reminds me of System Of
A Down in a couple of ways. One of my favourite
tracks on the album has to be ‘Torn Apart’
as the song is so melodic and Rou Reynolds vocals
are at their absolute best as he sings his heart
out in such an clean, upbeat and melodic way.
The album comes to a close with ‘The Appeal
And Mindsweep II’ the song is quite insane
which returns to the opening of the album with
many different twists and turns as Enter Shikari
go for it for one last time.
‘The Mindsweep’ is easily the biggest
and best Enter Shikari album to date as the band
seem to get bigger and better as time goes on
and it is clear to see that the band have put
everything into the creation of ‘The Mindsweep’
as it is such a relevant and powerful album which
is going to see Enter Shikari top the charts and
quite possible move into headlining arenas across
the country.
5/5
Review by Trigger
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