Recently The Kaiser Chief's Ricky Wilson stated that due to the way that they've approached the release of the Future is Medieval hardly anyone was aware that the Yorkshire band have released a new effort. In fairness to them the way that The Kaisers released their new attempt was a nice twist on the normal way of releasing albums by bands but it has dented their album sales in a time where sales of LPs aren't exactly high either. Rather than go through listening to all 20 songs available for me to create my album from I decided just to pick the most chosen and the singles. So to be fair I can't really review this album as it really is what you make of it. The songs and album cover another person picks could be totally different to mine.
From the outset of The Future is Medieval it is clear that the sound of Kaisers has changed gone are the catchy choruses and the 'na na na na naas' that had filled previous albums most memorably the 5 pieces breakthrough album Employment, replaced with a more mature feel and less upbeat sense to the songs. The album I was handed begins with lead single 'Little Shocks' which gives a feel to the darker mood that the Kaisers have taken with this new album. It's not hard to see why'Little Shocks' was the lead single as its one of only a few songs on this 'album' it combines a catchy chorus with interesting lyrics and the typical quick paced song we have come to expect from the Leeds quintet. Another standout song for me was 'Starts with nothing' which was particularly strong when I caught the band live at Kirkstall Abbey. 'Child of the Jago' begins with an I Predict a Riot like riff. There is also the synth filled catchyness of 'Heard it Break'
All in all it's hard to rate this album as the next person as me mightn't pick any of the songs that I have. However I will say that it was a nice twist by the Kaisers to make this type of album available, however it must be asked could the band not pick the songs themselves because to be honest a large amount of the songs on this 'album' (its more a mixtape) are throwaway and it will be a while before I become to like the new mature Kaisers
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