Kasabian – ‘Bumblebee’
A few weeks ago, Leicester lads Kasabian gave us a taste of their new album, Eez-eh, which, at first glance, hinted at a return to the experimental electronica we’ve come to love.
Upon closer inspection, however, many were left begging the question, ‘Do these boys still have it?’.
Although catchy, this attempt at calling out the problems of our society’s dogmatic principles, with references to the horse meat scandal and Google’s voyeuristic nature, made it more cringe-worthy than catchy—maybe they’re being ironic, mm, who knows?
So what next? On Monday, Kasabian released their fifth studio album to the world. With this, we were waiting and praying that Eez-eh was just a blip—we can confirm it was.
When speaking about 48:13, Tom and Serge have told us, ‘This is our time now’, and ‘Bumblebee’ wastes no time in slapping us round the face so we can see why.
In true Kasabian style, ‘Bumblebee’ is heavy on the bass—an absolute skull rattler, in fact. This track is screaming to get off this album and straight into their live set. We suspect this was the intention from the beginning—Worthy Farm, get ready to move!
This gutsy synth-driven slogger is a balls-to-the-wall reminder of what Kasabian does best. If there was ever a perfect teaser for a band about to embark on a run of summer shows and festivals, including a homecoming gig at Victoria Park in Leicester and a headline slot at Glasto, ‘Bumblebee’ is it.
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