Since the release of their debut album Employment (2005), British Kaiser Chiefs have been one of the most loved bands in the world. In addition to touring the international stages, the band around frontman Ricky Wilson also found time to enter a studio every now and then. Off With Their Heads is already the third album in four years. Once the norm but nowadays fairly rare. Kaiser Chiefs records are
… therefore not balanced, but rather collections of singles with the necessary fillers. Yet the balance always turns in the right direction and that also applies to Off With Their Heads. Whether it's glam rock tampers (Spanish Metal), Kinks ballads (Tomato In The Rain) or pop pastiches (Addicted To Drugs), there is again lavishly sprinkled with catchy hooks. Lack of depth? It will be a sausage to the Chiefs. It's cool to know nothing, Wilson sings in the lead single Never Miss A Beat. Anyone who has ever seen him jump on the podium will almost agree with him. (MS)more
