A Flash Flood of Colour by Enter Shikari
A Flash Flood of Colour is the third studio album by the English post-hardcore band Enter Shikari. The album was released internationally on 16 January 2012 through Ambush Reality in United Kingdom and Hopeless Records in North America. The album is a follow up to the bands second album Common Dreads. The record was produced by former-SikTh guitarist Dan Weller throughout May and June 2011 in Karma Sound Studios in Thailand and at Fortress Studios London, UK. It was then mixed in Vancouver by Mike Fraser. Upon its release, the album was given generally positive reviews from music critics, being given an average metacritic score of 75 out of 100 as well as achieving number 4 on the Official UK Albums Chart. Positive reviews have praised Enter Shikari for their innovative fusion of socio-political lyrics with post-hardcore, dubstep and British hip hop. The band are currently embarking on the A Flash Flood of Colour World Tour.
This Hertfordshire, England–based post-hardcore quartet keeps lashing out with upstart fervor in its third studio album, <i>A Flash Flood of Colour</i>. “System . . .” opens the album with a call to fight for the future. This is continued in “. . . Meltdown”, where Rou Reynolds yells “This is going to change everything!” before the song erupts with skittering beats, chaotic industrial noise, and a clash between distorted keyboards and rumbling bass. Over all this, Reynolds rails against the U.K.'s failing economic system with more bite in his voice than on previous recordings. “Arguing with Thermometers” takes the Korn approach of fusing screamo with hard dubstep—though here a bouncing britpop guitar follows the singing melody. “Stalemate” features acoustic guitar, subtle rhythms, and softened vocal harmonies musing heavily on the unfair distribution of wealth and war in the East; it's a relevant addition to the protest-song canon.
