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Lick Your Ticket

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Whether you want to admit it or not post-punk has dominated 2004. The Futureheads, TV on The Radio and !!! just to name a few and, yes Chikinki is part of this musical movement.
Chikinki are not just copyist though. In fact I would say they are innovators as synthesizers, loops and sensor pads dominate their sound.

Saying that the band do come from Bristol, which always had a tradition of using electronic instruments merged with traditional ones.
There is good stuff here and melodies aplenty. `Ether Radio' could easily be a hit single in a parallel universe. Same with `Hate TV', oh and practically half the rest of the album. Each and every song is a blustery streak of manic energy that rushes through your cranium and snuggles itself into your brain.
Another aspect of this album is the way it sounds different with every listen. I have had this album in my stereo for days and I'm STILL discovering something new and questioning it. Like, for example, are those violins crossed with a Morricone backdrop with crunchy guitars on `Staple Diet'? and so on.
In a year of great debuts `Lick your Ticket' is another to join this ever growing list and its a clear sign that British music is gaining it's feet again.

This is the best album I've heared this year. I saw them live last September and the CD doesn't dissapoint. About as original as a band can be these days . They mix electro pop and guitar rock in a way that no guitar fanatic can disslike.

This is an awesome debut album by a fantastic electro-indie five piece from Bristol, England. I am lucky enough to have seen them live several times , and this is a great recorded representation, capturing their energy perfectly- the beauty of Chikinki is in their clever combination of rocking riffs and futuristic synths and the singer's androgenous vocals complete the unusual mix, creating what I think is the sexiest, slickest poprock the world has heard for a long time.

Album highlights? Well, there are twelve, but if I had to pick one it would have to be the penultimate song Time. They may sing "time is my enemy" but I think the time is just right for a band that perfectly marry guitars with fat beats, and I predict that 2004 will be all about Chikinki.