When a band mixes so many musical styles, you wonder, upon each of their release s, which genre the

album will take. This is somewhat the case for the latest Ent er Shikari album which many are anticipating impatiently. Electro? Hardcore? Dru m n Bass? And why not dubstep? With the English, you have to be prepared for anyth ing. And appropriately, you find a bit of everything in A Flash Flood of Colour. Everything, certainly, but not just anything. One might have feared that the ban d would fall into the trap of using dubstep excessively, like many others have d one. In this case however, the trap is cleverly avoided. Whilst you find some in fluences of the genre in Sssnakepit and Arguing With Thermometers, on the whole, it is well used and but at the same time palatable. Let it be said straight away th at the album isnt as spontaneous (?) as their last offering but should delight many fans all the same and make for many epic live performances with live-suited son gs such as Search Party and Warm Smiles Do Not Make You Welcome Here which switch c leverly between the calm and the aggressive. This combination will also catch the attention of listeners in the song Stalemate which is a rock piece, swapping between elements of say 30 Seconds to Mars and R adiohead. This one is also without bands usual electro influence which is instead concentrated onto the following track Gandhi Mate, Gandhi which could quite easil y have been borrowed from Atari Teenage Riot given the musical but also even lyric al similarity. On the topic of lyrics, lets talk about them. The group seems to p ride itself in emphasising them in order to promote their stance on matters and to rally their fan base, proof of which is found in many songs on this album, in cluding System which introduces the album, or even one of the main tracks Hello Tyra nnosaurus, Meet Tyrannicide, the last heavy instalment on this album. Enter Shika ri makes music for the enjoyment of fans but also, through Rous voice and lyrics, a means of passing on a message, denouncing societys flaws and inciting action a gainst them. In short, this album ought not to disappoint those who support the bands politica l stance evident across the whole album as well as those that seek aggressive so ngs with tracks such as Hello Tyrannosaurus, Meet Tyrannicide and Ssssnakepit, those that seek electro influences (perhaps not as present as in previous albums) fou nd in the magnificent Gandhi Mate, Gandhi and Arguing With Thermometers, those eager to hear tracks made for the live scene and finally those that appreciate the li ghter tracks that we didnt expect from the band with Stalemate and Constellations.