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48:13
48:13 is the fifth studio album by English rock band Kasabian. The album, produced by the band's leader, songwriter, guitarist, and second vocalist Sergio Pizzorno (being their first album that Pizzorno produced for the band), and named after its total running time, was released in Germany on 6 June 2014 and in the UK on 9 June 2014. The album entered at number one on the UK Albums Chart in its first week of release making it the band's fourth consecutive UK number one album. The album received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics who were divided on the electronic-heavy direction as well as criticising the lyrics.
On 13 November 2013, Kasabian posted a teaser video on their official YouTube channel, announcing that the band's guitarist Sergio Pizzorno had been in the studio for the previous six months working on material for the new record. In an interview with QRO magazine, the band also revealed that the album would be produced by Pizzorno, who also co-produced their 2011 album Velociraptor!.
On 28 April 2014, Pizzorno said in a statement announcing the release of 48:13, "I felt that we had the confidence to be more direct, more honest with this album. I started to strip away layers rather than to just keep adding." Kasabian vocalist Tom Meighan added, "Less is more, you know? It's direct. It is what it is. Just listen to it. We've had the confidence to lay ourselves bare. Serge has stripped it right back. It's unbelievable."
Kasabian have listed Kanye West, Joe Strummer Nirvana, Death Grips, Led Zeppelin, Rage Against the Machine and Beastie Boys as influences for the album. Musically, the album represents a return to the hip hop influenced sound of their debut album combined with the space-rock and neo-psychedelic sound of their more recent releases.
48:13 is notable for being the band's only album before Meighan's departure in 2020 in which Pizzorno's lead vocal duties outweigh that of Meighan, with 4 tracks being sung by Pizzorno on the standard edition, 3 sung by Meighan and 3 tracks which feature both on lead vocals.
Preceded by a 1-minute intro "shiva" that segues in, "bumblebeee" kicks the album off with a "pile-driving electronic rock" sound featuring gang vocals among its "pogoing chorus pulse [emphasising] the theme of togetherness in the sunshine and under the moonlight". It was described by Pizzorno as a "Beastie Boys dub with a sort of Zeppelin, Rage Against the Machine chorus". "stevie" features a driving beat and taut bass riff with strings and horns described as "menacing" and "dramatic", alongside an "empowering" chorus.
The interlude "(mortis)" features Pizzorno's grandfather Wilf Dillon reading in Latin. "doomsday" has been characterised as "glam ska-pop pushed through an electronic filter". "treat" has been regarded by Pizzorno as the "centrepiece" of the album, with its near 7-minute length divided into the first half featuring "razor-sharp guitars" and an acknowledgement to the band's hometown of Leceister, and the second half containing "floaty electronics" compirising a "glacial synth disco coda". "Glass" combines "cycling sequenced electronics"(Independent) with "eastern-tinged guitar" and outro from British spoken word poet Suli Breaks.
The electronic track "explodes" features "sub-bass wub-wubs, and analogue melodies redolent of Kraftwerk". Both this and the following interlude "(levitation)" have been compared to Velociraptor!, with the latter being described as an "Eastern psychedelic track" featuring Pizzorno on vocals. The psychedelic influences continue on "clouds", which was highlighted as an example of the band's "stadium-sized UK 60's psych-rock influences" and overall denoted as a "stirring electro rampage".
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48:13
48:13 is the fifth studio album by English rock band Kasabian. The album, produced by the band's leader, songwriter, guitarist, and second vocalist Sergio Pizzorno (being their first album that Pizzorno produced for the band), and named after its total running time, was released in Germany on 6 June 2014 and in the UK on 9 June 2014. The album entered at number one on the UK Albums Chart in its first week of release making it the band's fourth consecutive UK number one album. The album received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics who were divided on the electronic-heavy direction as well as criticising the lyrics.
On 13 November 2013, Kasabian posted a teaser video on their official YouTube channel, announcing that the band's guitarist Sergio Pizzorno had been in the studio for the previous six months working on material for the new record. In an interview with QRO magazine, the band also revealed that the album would be produced by Pizzorno, who also co-produced their 2011 album Velociraptor!.
On 28 April 2014, Pizzorno said in a statement announcing the release of 48:13, "I felt that we had the confidence to be more direct, more honest with this album. I started to strip away layers rather than to just keep adding." Kasabian vocalist Tom Meighan added, "Less is more, you know? It's direct. It is what it is. Just listen to it. We've had the confidence to lay ourselves bare. Serge has stripped it right back. It's unbelievable."
Kasabian have listed Kanye West, Joe Strummer Nirvana, Death Grips, Led Zeppelin, Rage Against the Machine and Beastie Boys as influences for the album. Musically, the album represents a return to the hip hop influenced sound of their debut album combined with the space-rock and neo-psychedelic sound of their more recent releases.
48:13 is notable for being the band's only album before Meighan's departure in 2020 in which Pizzorno's lead vocal duties outweigh that of Meighan, with 4 tracks being sung by Pizzorno on the standard edition, 3 sung by Meighan and 3 tracks which feature both on lead vocals.
Preceded by a 1-minute intro "shiva" that segues in, "bumblebeee" kicks the album off with a "pile-driving electronic rock" sound featuring gang vocals among its "pogoing chorus pulse [emphasising] the theme of togetherness in the sunshine and under the moonlight". It was described by Pizzorno as a "Beastie Boys dub with a sort of Zeppelin, Rage Against the Machine chorus". "stevie" features a driving beat and taut bass riff with strings and horns described as "menacing" and "dramatic", alongside an "empowering" chorus.
The interlude "(mortis)" features Pizzorno's grandfather Wilf Dillon reading in Latin. "doomsday" has been characterised as "glam ska-pop pushed through an electronic filter". "treat" has been regarded by Pizzorno as the "centrepiece" of the album, with its near 7-minute length divided into the first half featuring "razor-sharp guitars" and an acknowledgement to the band's hometown of Leceister, and the second half containing "floaty electronics" compirising a "glacial synth disco coda". "Glass" combines "cycling sequenced electronics"(Independent) with "eastern-tinged guitar" and outro from British spoken word poet Suli Breaks.
The electronic track "explodes" features "sub-bass wub-wubs, and analogue melodies redolent of Kraftwerk". Both this and the following interlude "(levitation)" have been compared to Velociraptor!, with the latter being described as an "Eastern psychedelic track" featuring Pizzorno on vocals. The psychedelic influences continue on "clouds", which was highlighted as an example of the band's "stadium-sized UK 60's psych-rock influences" and overall denoted as a "stirring electro rampage".