First Listen: Kaiser Chiefs, “Off With Their Heads”
There’s a peculiar sort of stress when you push play on a favorite band’s new album for the very first time. What if it sucks? Then where are you? Can you still get as passionate about them when going to see them in concert means hearing the horrible new songs? It’s especially tricky for me on this one because I fell in love with their debut, Employment halfway through the second track and never looked back. The sophomore attempt, Yours Truly, Angry Mob was harder to get into and never quite achieved the same amazing status in my head (you know what they say: you get your whole life to write your first album and six months to write your second). I kinda need them to reverse the direction here.
