“Ruby”
from the album Yours Truly, Angry Mob
2007
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Kaiser Chiefs never fail to deliver fabulous indie-pop tunes that appeal to the widest common denominator without losing what gave them edge in the first place. The Brit poppers will be releasing their new album, Yours Truly, Angry Mob, in the US on March 27. Die hard fans can pick up the import starting on February 26.
The almighty Stephen Street, who has worked on such legendary albums as The Smiths’ Meat is Murder and Blur’s Modern Life is Rubbish, produced the new tunes. This marks his second time to work with the Chiefs, as he also produced their debut album, Employment.
The unusual vocals of lead singer Ricky Wilson add something fantastic to the clear guitar tones and light indie that the band propagate as a matter of course. Wilson’s voice seems to be perfectly suited to the kind of jokey, funky tunes that the Kaiser Chiefs come out with, and it gets a good showing on this first single “Ruby,“ a fun, upbeat enjoyable track from one of the UK’s best bands today.