Enter Shikari - The Zone

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Tracklisting
1. The Feast (Demo)
2. Kickin' Back On The Surface Of Your Cheek
3. Keep It On Ice
4. Adieu (Routron 5000 Remix)
5. Sorry You're Not A Winner (Zane Lowe Session)
6. Mothership (Download Version)
7. Acid Nation
8. Enter Shikari (Demo)


Enter Shikari released their debut album 'Take To The Skies' back in March 2007 and it went straight to number 4 in the official UK chart and it has now reached certified 'Gold' status; so is it at all necessary for the band to release this 'mini album full of B-Sides and Rarities?'
My answer would be a resounding 'no.' It just seems like a money making scheme to me. Bringing out an EP just before Christmas, knowing that most fans will add it to their Christmas list.
The originals to 4 of these tracks are already on the band's debut anyway; so really, fans are just getting 4 'new' songs and any die hard fans out there, won't even need to purchase this EP because many of the songs are already floating around the internet.

I always expect a demo to sound raw and unprofessional, like it's been recorded on some dodgy equipment in a room with poor acoustics, but the demos on this EP sound like they could have been placed on the band's debut. They sound very professional and the vocals aren't raw at all, but completely smooth and polished.
Although the rest of the tunes on this EP are packed full of Enter Shikari's individuality, flare and rawcous sounds; the EP is just not worth purchasing.
For a band who have prided themselves on being independant and not giving in to the temptations of a major label, this really isn't something you would expect from Enter Shikari. Shame on you.


Review by Cherry Pullinger.


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