Releasing an album at the start of a global pandemic isn’t exactly ideal, but it’s the situation Enter Shikari were faced with when their grandiose sixth LP Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible was unveiled this April. What followed should have been a victory lap around the globe, playing hundreds of shows, celebrating their highest-ever UK album chart position. Instead, they’ve been forced to sit on the sidelines, watching the COVID crisis unfold further, dismantling anything vaguely resembling a plan. Here, frontman Rou Reynolds reflects on what should have been a banner year for Shikari, and why it could have been spelled the end of the band… How did it feel releasing your album at such an uncertain time?“It was right at the beginning of lockdown, ...
