Electrodance happy progressive synth-punk post-dance-happy-synth-hardcore outfit Enter Shikari have hit on a winning formula.
It works like this: write a dance track that might have been used by The Prodigy as a bonus track if they were really desperate. Add an overdriven metal guitar playing no more than three drop-D chords (you wonder if Rory C’s index finger is shorter than the others). Then get Rou Reynolds fired up on raw steak and have him gibber over the top and presto, you have your basic single.
Oh wait: we’re forgetting the breakdown. Because you listen to Enter Shikari for the breakdown, those eight bars where the shouty riffy punky drivel becomes something magical.
‘Destabilise’ is basically an expansion pack for the band’s last album, Common Dreads – the same grinding metal chords and overblown choruses, with a breakdown that makes it all bearable. Get drunk, turn off the lights, and close your eyes at the lyric ‘This is the calm before the storm’, and this might just be a good track.
