posted 11/05/2008 (Wed) @ 11:29 pm
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Enter Shikari - “We Can Breathe In Space, They Just Don’t Want Us To Escape” [SINGLE]
Metal / Hardcore / Trance Electronica
The moon is made of cheese
- Song Length: 5:54
- Year of Release: 2008
- Lyrics
“Dorky” is among the first words which come to mind with post-hardcore/”Nintendocore” mash-up mavens Enter Shikari. It’s not necessarily an insult. The romping gallop of “We Can Breathe In Space, They Just Don’t Want Us To Escape” is breathtaking in its own way—and not just because it’s a mouthful to spit out.
They get to the point, and fast. Before there’s time for a gulp of air, tremulous waves of synthesizer dribble out of the speakers in a giddy avalanche of Head Automatica style nerd rock. Add in some bastardized E.L.O. synthesizer breaks (0:44) and a noisy, hardcore breakdown (1:45). Cap it off with an extended trance electronica/space-rock outro heavy on the watery pads and swells, and there you have it. The entire song exudes the same kind of non-self-conscious, “let’s just play what sounds cool” attitude of a tune like Nightwish’s similarly romping “Stargazers.”
The lyrics—mostly shouted, presumably while pumping a fist in the air—recall humbling speeches by Carl Sagan, bringing attention to the vastness of space and the tininess of humanity: “All our empires, our philosophies, our practiced faiths, our revolutions/ Our proud sciences, are but a flicker in one day of the lives of the stars [...] We are an infant species/ Crawling into our own premature decline.”
A full length album of something like this is another story, but taken by itself (possibly on repeat, as techno oft petitions) “We Can Breathe In Space…” is pure, off-your-ADHD-medication energetic fun. Assuming a hopefully not too serious listener, the end result of a listen-through will involve you, dancing around like a monkey in your chair.
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Tags: cheesy, dorky, electronica, energy, enter shikari, fun, hardcore, metal, post-hardcore, rock, we can breathe in space
1 comment on this article
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Paul Raven Says:
November 11th, 2008 at 4:01 amIf you get the chance, go and see them live. I’m not a huge fan of their stuff on record, but on stage they’re simply staggering.
