Kasabian - Empire

Kasabian released their new single 'Empire' through Columbia Records on 21st August. It is available as a 10" and DVD single, with additional downloads also available.

'Empire' is taken from the band's forthcoming album of the same name, out on 28th August. Recorded at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, the album was produced by Jim Abbiss (Arctic Monkeys, Editors, Ladytron) and Kasabian. The band's debut album, 'Kasabian', which came out in Sept 2004, sold over 700,000 copies in the UK and the band were the undisputed victors of last year's festivals, putting in bristling performances at Glastonbury, Reading/Leeds and T In The Park. But if a debut album is all about showing your influences, this is the point where Kasabian truly show us who they are. The first thing you'll notice about 'Empire' is that no other band in the world could have created it. The confidence is perhaps understandable given the lack of fanfare with which they managed to instantly shift 8000 tickets for their Ally Pally show last year. But the scale of its vision though is something else entirely.

This time around the demonic amyl throb of Serge's electronic soundscapes feed into the very core of Kasabian's music. The flood of ideas is unstoppable. Propelled along by handclaps and Ian Matthews' inspired Studio 54 style drum fills, the filthy analogue glambience of 'Shoot The Runner' will be inescapable between now and Christmas. 'Last Trip', appropriately, comes on like a postcard from the furthermost outpost of a 4am bender - Meighan's brittle, anxious exhortations leading the way over an arrangement which recalls a beefier version of Suicide's primitive electro-pulse. Three songs in and 'Empire' already sounds like an index of rock'n'roll possibilities.
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