At the risk of setting off Kaiser haters... I'd just like to salute the Kaiser Chiefs for making it two weeks at no.1.
It was looking like it was over for the Leeds band. Lets face it their last album was pants, Nick Hodgeson their main songwriter had left the band, the indie establishment hated them and yet against the odds they've turned out an album that is a return to form and has recaptured the energy of the debut.
I really think its one of the most pleasantly surprising enjoyable indie pop listens of the year and its great to see them defying some quite unjust critical maulings. It could be argued the first week at no.1 was because of The Voice but the 2nd is because of people saying to their mates "hey this is actually a good record, you've got to buy it."
And whilst some in the indie establishment will be grinding their teeth into stumps at how uncool they think all this is and how it goes against the indie bible, I personal think its nice to see one of that endangered species, a British guitar band, at the top of the charts. Well done fellas.
It was looking like it was over for the Leeds band. Lets face it their last album was pants, Nick Hodgeson their main songwriter had left the band, the indie establishment hated them and yet against the odds they've turned out an album that is a return to form and has recaptured the energy of the debut.
I really think its one of the most pleasantly surprising enjoyable indie pop listens of the year and its great to see them defying some quite unjust critical maulings. It could be argued the first week at no.1 was because of The Voice but the 2nd is because of people saying to their mates "hey this is actually a good record, you've got to buy it."
And whilst some in the indie establishment will be grinding their teeth into stumps at how uncool they think all this is and how it goes against the indie bible, I personal think its nice to see one of that endangered species, a British guitar band, at the top of the charts. Well done fellas.
This is why other music genres have thrived in recent years, the indie/alternative scene is too wrapped up in being 'cool'. I blame a lot of this on the NME... at least they're close to being no longer published more and more.