Kasabian #1

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When asked about the direction of the album, frontman Tom Meighan explained, “It all joins together which is beautiful, there’s no gaps in it, it’s very psychedelic, there’s very much elements of the first but it’s a more distant sounding Kasabian than we have been with the last two albums.” He also spoke of the title, “It’s a loony title mate, but we have a couple of titles and we have picked one that has lots of words, it’s a tongue twister!” [9] The band also headlined the Main Stage at Creamfields in Daresbury,England, debuting 'Fire', a contender for the new record. This was followed by a set at the Hydro Connect festival in Inverary, Scotland.

The album had been scheduled for an early 2008 release but its release has now been pushed forward until 1st June 2009. The album is set to feature the tracks 'Take Aim', 'West Rider/Silver Bullet', 'Where Did All The Love Go', 'Underdogs', 'Happiness', along with first single 'Vlad the Impailer' and the aforementioned 'Fast Fuse', 'Thick As Thieves' and 'Fire'. It has been announced that Kasabian will play in several places across Britain between June to July 2009 (see dates below) in support of Oasis. They will be supporting them at a number of concerts along with West midlands band, The Enemy.

For this album the band has recruited American hip hop and electronica producer Dan The Automator, who is best known for his work on the first Gorillaz album. Guitarist Sergio Pizzorno told BBC 6 Music; It's a real journey and it also will fill a dance floor. It's about people joining in and I think that's what we're about. There's a couple of songs that kind of went New York [Rolling] Stones and there's definitely one song that sounds like Daft Punk and The Clash together, which is quite interesting. We've always been really funky and we've always had a real groove, and I think he helped with pulling things out and being more rhythmic rather than throwing loads of instruments at it. I think it's definitely got more rhythm. [10]

Fans will get the chance to preview songs off their new album as they are set to play a number of intimate warm up gigs before their Teenage Cancer Trust performance at the Royal Albert Hall, starting in Margate March 23rd, Preston March 24th and Leeds March 25th. They will play on March 27th, 2009 at Royal Albert Hall for the Teenage Cancer Trust.

On March 5th 2009 albumvote.co.uk revealed that the album title would be 'West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum' with the release date set for 8th June 2009. The opening track of the album will be Underdog. [1]

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, it’s very psychedelic

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Op zaterdag 2 mei 2009 12:18 schreef Kabouter_Krulleput het volgende:
Fire, Underdog en Vlad beloven wel wat. Drie briljante nummers