NEWS 2023/04/20
There is an explosive exuberance at the heart of Enter Shikari’s superb seventh album. In the lead-up to release, the St Albans quartet opted not for a coy schedule of impossible-to-get-into secret shows, nor for a status-underlining run through the grand halls to which they’re now so deservedly accustomed, but instead a looping February/March/April triple-tour of some of the UK’s finest (relatively) intimate venues. As mind-boggling as that seemed on announcement, it makes far more sense when you hit ‘play’ on A Kiss For The Whole World: a record built for sweaty congress that argues (then twice underlines) there’s still beauty out there on our troubled planet. From the moment the brassy intro and spring-loaded opening riff of the title-track storm through,...