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All the gimmicky studio effects in the world can't mask the fact that this album is likely to be one of the most hollow you'll hear all year.
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West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
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AMG Review of West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Andrew Leahey
All Music GuideMost Kasabian albums are bloated pieces of work, having been created by some of the most assuredly loudmouthed rockers since the Gallagher brothers. West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum is more demented than outsized, however, replacing the ego rock of Empire with a barmy blend of electronics, acoustics, thriller movie ambience, and industrial psychedelia. Producer Dan the Automator also adds touches of hip-hop to the mix, highlighting the band's rhythmic base by stripping back the layers of guitar and sampled synth. The result is an interesting, unexpected piece of work, devoid of a militantly commercial single like Empire's self-titled track, and lacking the shaggy Madchester vibes that Christopher Karloff brought to 2004's Kasabian. If the band's eponymous debut was the soundtrack to a drug-filled night in England's trendiest club, then West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum is the soundtrack to the ensuing walk home, when that club has kicked out its last patrons and the streets are dark and forbidding. There's enough psychedelia here to partially thwart the shadowy electronics -- for every "Vlad the Impaler," there's a trippy counterpart like "Secret Alphabets" - and Kasabian often augments the new approach with old habits, such as the dance-rock chorus that bisects the anxious, minimalist shuffle of "Fire." The bulk of West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum canvasses unfamiliar territory, however, a wise move for a group that's routinely struggled to escape the shadow of its influences.
Kasabian: West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum (Review)
Review: Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
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The third studio album from England's best post-Madchester druggy scruffers. This time they hook up with Dan The Automator, best known for his work on the first Gorillaz album.
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Kasabian: The West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Aslyum
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The West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum doesn't exist anymore but it was once a mental institution that was used to house the mentally poor. We're guessing Kasabian clicked the 'Random Article' on Wikipedia a few too many times because this record of the same name has nothing to do with the 19th century building whatsoever and if anything; it's probably an offence to the institutes name.
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BDO - Big BIG Day Out Australia's Biggest Summer Music Festival!
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We have been totally absorbed, ensconced and just plain overwhelmed by the Fall music scene in the US North West and we have just realised that .. holy crap..... it has been totally under our radar that the "Big Day Out' which (for those of the uninformed) is the biggest, rocking'est, hottest most bloody awesome summer music festival in Australia is rolling on in full flight.... Auckland Fri 15...
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Mercury Music Prize 2009: The Nominees....
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The shortlist for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize for best British or Irish album of the last 12 months has been announced. Biggest surprise; No Doves, White Lies or Lilly Allen..http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8159078.stm.Place your bets;.Kasabian - 5/1Florence and the Machine - 5/1Bat For Lashes - 6/1Glasvegas - 6/1La Roux - 6/1Lisa Hannigan - 8/1Speech Debelle - 8/1The Horrors - 8/1F...
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Listen to the new Kasabian album before it's released...
New Videos from Kasabian and Athlete!
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Two of my favorite U.K. bands, lets hope they make their way to the states soon. Kasabian may have the best record of 2009 in "West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum", but Athlete's new record "Black Swan" will be released on the 24th of August.
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Review: Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
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The third studio album from England's best post-Madchester druggy scruffers. This time they hook up with Dan The Automator, best known for his work on the first Gorillaz album.
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NEW KASABIAN VIDEO “FIRE”
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West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum, Kasabian’s third album, will be released on June 9th on RCA Records.Produced by Serge Pizzorno and Dan the Automator (Gorillaz, DJ Shadow), it is a follow up to their second album Empire which debuted at #1 on the UK charts.Earlier this month Kasabian gave fans a sneak peek of their [...]
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Kasabian Interview: Lars Ulrich, Drugs, Rock ‘N Roll - No ‘Jingle-Jangle’ Indie You Can’t Dance To
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ShortList.com has just published a great interview with Kasabian. An excerpt is below. The band’s third album, West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum, is released next week and is available to stream now at myspace.com/Kasabian.It sounds like you’re trying to get people dancing…Serge Pizzorno: Good rock’n’roll is dance music. For the last few years, it’s been [...]
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Impale Your Eardrums, and Your Eyeballs, on Some Kasabian
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Leicestershire, UK-bred Rocktronica quintet Kasabian kicked me and Emeyesi's asses with their self-titled debut in 2004. Their 2006 follow-up 'Empire' was ahh-ight, but it abandoned the Radiohead-meets-RJD2 sound that made their debut so striking. From the sound of their new song "Vlad the Impaler," and the look of its eye-catchingly horrific Richard Ayoade-directed and Noel Fielding-starring...
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Kasabian: The West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Aslyum
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The West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum doesn't exist anymore but it was once a mental institution that was used to house the mentally poor. We're guessing Kasabian clicked the 'Random Article' on Wikipedia a few too many times because this record of the same name has nothing to do with the 19th century building whatsoever and if anything; it's probably an offence to the institutes name.
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Kasabian: West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum (Review)
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All the gimmicky studio effects in the world can't mask the fact that this album is likely to be one of the most hollow you'll hear all year.
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Kasabian planning Glastonbury ’surprise’
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One of the bands that might well be worth the watch at Glastonbury this weekend, whether you’re actually there or watching on TV, will be Kasabian. Aside from the disappointing new album, they are still a premier act live and they might even have something rather special planned for their performance, according to Sergio Pizzorno, [...]
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