Kaiser Chiefs
Yours Truly Angry Mob

THE REVIEW

After their successful debut album Employment, the English band Kaiser Chiefs return with 'Yours truly angry mob'. In this album, the five from Leeds partially abandon the electronic sounds and keyboards that characterized their first work, which gave the group an identity of rather dull and carefree rich kids, to give space to the British rock typical of the early '90s, reminiscent of Oasis, Blur, or Pulp.

The songs really sound like they were written 15 years ago with rougher sounds and fast tracks that verge on punk. The album starts with Ruby, a good first single, catchy and easy to hum. The Angry Mob is excellent, and the following two tracks aren't bad either, despite the repetitive chorus. Things slow down a bit with the dull Love is not a competition and the excellent I can do without you. One of the best tracks is certainly Everything is average nowdays, fast and immediate. Note also My kind of guy, with its engaging rhythm that makes it memorable.

The others drag into mediocrity, closing an album pleasant to listen to, especially if you're die-hard Brits, but it seems to never reach remarkable peaks. It's hard to say if this slight change is an attempt to mature or a lack of ideas. Considering the young age of the band members and the difficulty of living up to the enormous success of their debut, we might avoid harshly judging them and defer to the next episode to understand what space the Kaiser Chiefs will carve out for themselves in the music scene.