God only knows how we missed this one. Enter Shikari – the flagship band for the British alt.rock industry have released the ridiculously catchy Johnny Sniper as a single and we love it. Yes, yes we do.
Following from the top 5 placing of their debut album Take To The Skies Enter Shikari have seemingly taken the UK over with a headline date at the Brixton Academy imminent. Not bad for a band who turned down major labels and made all of their chart singles ineligible. Not bad at all.
Johnny Sniper is without a doubt the most radio friendly and “lightweight” track from Take to The Skies but does that make it bad? Not at all. In fact it makes for some good listening. Why? Because it’s clearly an unadulterated pop track; just with a bit of screaming and the added bonus of some heavy guitar riffage.
Indeed, it’s conceivable that the band will refer to this track as drivel. It will, guaranteed make internet message board cynics refer to them as sell outs, and it will, I repeat WILL remain on the play lists of the major radio stations for awhile… and subsequently it will earn Enter Shikari a load of money. But you know what? Keep churning out “drivel” like this, and you won’t get any complaints from me.
Catch the video for Johnny Sniper here!