★★★★★
It seems churlish to reconcile a band's fifth studio album with a singular live date but it is almost impossible to discern 48:13 from the Kasabian's forthcoming Glastonbury headline slot. Any initial fears that the band might be lost on the Pyramid Stage should be laid to rest sharply with the festival-sized anthems that colour an album peppered with infectious grooves, throbbing rhythms and frenetic, hyperactive riffs...
- www.state.ie
2014-06-10
★★★★★
On their fifth outing, Kasabian's groove has discovered a stash of anabolic steroids. The moves here run the gamut from belligerently derivative to deft confidence. All the promotional fighting talk around 48:13 has been about how direct it is, and the title and tracklisting reflect this - all times, no titles, at least until you consult iTunes. There's not a lot of fat, but honed, emphatic efficiency...
- www.theguardian.com
2014-06-08
★★★★★
Much of the pre-release talk has surrounded a back-to-basics approach for Kasabian's album number five. The minimalist title and artwork, the one word song titles, all to suggest a band stripped to the waist and back in the fray - at least that's the game singer Tom Meighan and guitarist/songwriter Serge Pizzorno have been peddling over the last couple of months. After the contrasts of the previous two albums, West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum and Velociraptor...
- music.thedigitalfix.com
2014-06-09
★★★★★
If they're never as good as they say they are, Kasabian are reliably better than their detractors insist. For all that they're the epitome of ladrock, they've also always been willing to hop between genres, even if the results can be a bit iffy (Doomsday's electro-ska is particularly awkward). The new sonic addition here appears to be the Game of Thrones theme, the dominant influence on Stevie's portentous string pattern...
- www.theguardian.com
2014-06-06
★★★★★
Given the wild speculation regarding Prince, Daft Punk and Fleetwood Mac, I think it's not too unkind to say that are the 2014 Glastonbury headliners that no-one was particularly asking for. Of course, if the band produced as many good songs as they do self-aggrandising quotes, they'd basically be The Beatles by now and there'd be no question of their worthiness (Worthy-ness?)...
- www.drownedinsound.com
2014-06-02
★★★★★
You could liken Clash's relationship with Kasabian's music to the plot of James Cameron's Titanic. At first, there was joyous dancing. By album two, we felt exploited. By three, we'd hit the iceberg. By four, we were clinging on for dear life. And now, on album five, is our affair with the band literally dead in the water? '48:13' opens with 'Shiva': an ambient minute of uneasy sound bathing which could be a learned nod to the oft-referenced three-eyed, snake-wearing Hindu deity...
- www.clashmusic.com
2014-05-30
★★★★★
Kasabian singer Tom Meighan has one of those voices that make you hang on every word. When he speaks about neighbors that think he should be locked up in an asylum, you half believe him. He then admits, "They wouldn't be the first to want to see me in a hearse," which only makes you feel pity for the poor soul. Meighan has a snotty voice, quite similar to Liam Gallagher, but Kasabian fills out its songs with so much more variety than Oasis ever could or would...
- www.antimusic.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Release Date: September 16, 2011 You can say what you like about Kasabian, and by all means do so, but their music has the intrinsic quality of being interesting. It doesn't matter if the band is waltzing their way through danceable rocky hits or concocting grandiose epics that hark to the Orient; Velociraptor! finds Kasabian weaving a web of intriguing music. Of course, an interesting song does not necessarily make a good song, but the album does have its fair share of crackers...
- absolutepunk.net
2012-05-21
★★★★★
Sound: This is a major development in Kasabains sound from their hit debut album of the same name. They provide a more full and melodic sound on this record. The same swagger is there from the first album but it is now less noticable. One of the best songs on the album is British Legion, an acoustic song that transforms into an enormous wall of sound halfway through...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
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