The Kaiser Chiefs make it easy to remind you how many albums they have recorded on The Kaiser Chiefs’ Easy Eighth Albums. Easy it is with barely a moment that is not sugary to consume like cotton candy. “Beautiful Girl” has a light guitar riff on a track whose chorus sounds ripped from a One Direction outtake. The legendary Nile Rodgers co-writes first single “Feeling Alright” that rides a bass groove as Ricky Wilson sings, “No one you love is ever dead/they’re always in your head/in your heart dancing”.
“Burning in Flames” sounds ready to be sampled as an EDM anthem while “How 2 Dance” sounds spot on like the band Black Kids circa 2008. Towards the end, the album starts to drift with several unmemorable songs before rebounding with “The Lads”. Now well into their forties, the group sounds like a band half their age. Whether that’s a positive or negative depends on how much you enjoy fluffy indie dance rock.
6/10
The Light Appears 