Is it our collective birthday? Christmas coming early? I don’t know, but I’m here for it either way. Enter Shikari saw the weekend coming and said “oh, it’s ours now,” because they surprise released a new album, titled Lose Your Self, yesterday (Friday, April 10), and it’s great. Give it a listen here.
Lose Your Self follows their all solar power-recorded 2023 release A Kiss for the Whole World.
With zero announcements or teasers, British alternative rock band ENTER SHIKARI has surprise released a brand new album, “Lose Your Self”, via So Recordings. The LP spans 12 tracks exploring themes of desolation, futility and complete despair at the state of the world, but with glimmers of hopefulness and optimism threaded throughout. The album is available to stream and also buy in CD and vinyl format worldwide.d
Enter Shikari frontman Rou Reynolds said:
“We’re delighted to present ‘Lose Your Self’ and give people the chance to hear a SHIKARI record like never before — as a cohesive whole. We want people to go on a proper journey with this album, and see where it takes them. No lead-up, no singles, and no explanation. Forcing the listener to actually listen, without being drip-fed ideas out of context, or spoon-fed explanations. We simply present it all for the listener to immerse themself in. Releasing in this way was also a decision to not be distracted by chart races, or accolades and ‘things’. We got the No. 1 album on our last record. This is simply about the music being presented in a natural way.”
“Despite turning out to be one our darkest and heaviest albums to date, it also preaches hope and offers answers. Shikari will always offer hope, because without hope there is no action. We’ll just always offer it with a dose of realism.”
This isn’t the only big announcement Enter Shikari has made recently. Earlier this month, they announced a spate of headlining shows in North America starting in June on the East Coast and September on the West Coast, as well as a headlining European arena tour that’s supposed to start later this year in November. The states will see them joined by Boston Manor and Initiate on some dates.
