The Mindsweep

The Mindsweep is the fourth studio album by English rock band Enter Shikari, released on 19 January 2015 through Ambush Reality, PIAS Recordings and Hopeless Records. It was recorded in 2014 with producer Dan Weller.^[6]

History

On 26 June 2014 the band performed their new song "Anaesthetist" for the first time and uploaded a video on their YouTube Channel of them doing a practice run. Then they played it all of the dates that they played on Vans Warped Tour.

The album was announced on 8 October 2014,^[7] along with a European and UK tour in support.

On 20 October 2014, "The Last Garrison" was played on Zane Lowe's Hottest Record on BBC Radio 1, and was the first single off of the album.^[4] The song's official music video was uploaded to Hopeless Records' YouTube channel on 11 November.^[8] Enter Shikari streamed the song "Never Let Go of the Microscope" on their YouTube channel on November 26,^[9] then released the video for "Slipshod", an iTunes-only bonus track, on 15 December through the same channels.^[10]

On 19 December Enter Shikari announced a Headlining North American tour in support of The Mindsweep with Stray From the Path, I the Mighty, Hundredth (3/23-3/31) and A Lot Like Birds (4/01-4/28).

To celebrate the release of the album, the band opened a pop up shop in Camden.^[11]

On 5 January 2015 "Anaesthetist" was released as the second single taken from the album.^[5] "Torn Apart" was released as a promotional single on 8 June 2015.^[12]

On 12 January, the full album was streamed online.^[13]

Production

When writing lyrics for the album, frontman Rou Reynolds researched the topics he addressed, such as climate change and the global financial crisis, to make sure he was making accurate statements.^[14]

When choosing "which of the tracks they've been working on should make it on to [the album]", Enter Shikari found it hard to decide. Therefore, they made a graph where "the vertical axis charted the heaviness of the songs [while] the horizontal one [charted] their location on a scale ranging from 'accessible' to 'experimental'", and "where clusters indicated several songs covering the same territory, only one was allowed to make the cut", so that the album would feature something "from everywhere within [the band's] spectrum of sounds."^[14]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	89/100^[15]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Alternative Press^[16]
Kerrang!^[14]^[17]
New Musical Express^[18]
Q^[19]

The album received acclaim from music critics: on Metacritic, a review aggregator site, the album received a score of 89/100 (indicating "universal acclaim") based on 6 reviews. The album received maximum ratings from Alternative Press and Kerrang!^[15] The latter called The Mindsweep the band's "most diverse album to date", contrasting the "punk thrash" of "There's a Price on Your Head" with "Dear Future Historians...", which they described as a "Radiohead-esque piano ballad". They also compared the style of "Anaesthetist" to that of the Prodigy.^[14] The album was included at number 4 on Rock Sound's top 50 releases of 2015 list.^[20]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Roughton "Rou" Reynolds, all music composed by Enter Shikari.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Appeal & the Mindsweep I"	4:50
2.	"The One True Colour"	3:53
3.	"Anaesthetist"	2:55
4.	"The Last Garrison"	3:42
5.	"Never Let Go of the Microscope"	4:02
6.	"Myopia"	4:10
7.	"Torn Apart"	3:54
8.	"Interlude"	0:56
9.	"The Bank of England"	3:23
10.	"There's a Price on Your Head"	2:49
11.	"Dear Future Historians..."	6:28
12.	"The Appeal & the Mindsweep II"	3:40

iTunes bonus track
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Slipshod"	2:12

Japanese bonus tracks^[21]
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Slipshod"	2:12
14.	"The Paddington Frisk"	1:16
15.	"Rat Race"	3:17
16.	"Radiate"	4:32

"Deluxe CD+DVD Edition" bonus DVD "Live at A2 St. Petersburg, Russia - Bootleg Series Volume 6"
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Enter Shikari"
2.	"The Paddington Frisk"
3.	"Sssnakepit"
4.	"Destabilise"
5.	"Radiate"
6.	"Gandhi Mate, Gandhi"
7.	"Sorry You're Not a Winner"
8.	"Arguing with Thermometers"
9.	"Juggernauts"
10.	"Constellations" "Live at Reading Festival, UK 2014"
11.	"Solidarity"
12.	"Zzzonked"
13.	"2014 Intro"
14.	"Solidarity"
15.	"The Paddington Frisk"
16.	"Destabilise"
17.	"Radiate"
18.	"Sorry You're Not a Winner"
19.	"Gandhi Mate, Gandhi"
20.	"Anaesthetist"
21.	"Arguing with Thermometers"
22.	"Sssnakepit"

"Deluxe LP+CD+DVD Edition" bonus DVD "Live at Woodstock, Poland 2013"
No.	Title	Length
1.	"System..."
2.	"...Meltdown"
3.	"Sorry, You're Not a Winner"
4.	"Destabilise"
5.	"Radiate"
6.	"Sssnakepit"
7.	"Gandhi Mate, Gandhi"
8.	"Juggernauts"
9.	"Constellations"
10.	"Quelle Surprise"
11.	"The Paddington Frisk"
12.	"Motherstep 2.0/Mothership"
13.	"Zzzonked" "Live at Download Festival, UK 2013"
14.	"System..."
15.	"...Meltdown"
16.	"Sorry, You're Not a Winner"
17.	"Destabilise"
18.	"Radiate"
19.	"Sssnakepit"
20.	"Juggernauts"
21.	"Gandhi Mate, Gandhi"
22.	"The Paddington Frisk"
23.	"Motherstep 2.0/Mothership"
24.	"Arguing with Thermometers"
25.	"Zzzonked"

Personnel

Enter Shikari

Roughton "Rou" Reynolds – lead vocals, keys, piano, electronics, trumpet, orchestral arrangements, lyrics, guitars
Liam "Rory" Clewlow – guitars, vocals (co-lead vocals on "The Last Garrison")
Chris Batten – bass, vocals (co-lead vocals on "The One True Colour", "The Last Garrison", "Never Let Go of the Microscope" and "The Bank of England"), keys
Rob Rolfe – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Additional musicians

Paul Sartin – violin on "The One True Colour", "Torn Apart", "There's a Price on Your Head", "Dear Future Historians..." and "The Appeal & the Mindsweep II"; oboe on "Dear Future Historians..."
Beth Porter – cello on "The One True Colour", "Torn Apart", "There's a Price on Your Head", "Dear Future Historians..." and "The Appeal & the Mindsweep II"
Jackie Oates – violin on "The One True Colour", "Torn Apart", "There's a Price on Your Head", "Dear Future Historians..." and "The Appeal & the Mindsweep II"
Alex Harman, Ashley King (of St Albans), Bill Ransom, Chris Graham, Daniel Griffin, Fran Padormo, Ian Drayner, Jamie Littler, Louis Springfield, Nathan Killham, Nick 'Balls' Uperton, Sam Baker, Sam Newham, Simon Hofmeister, Vivien Vincze, William Tallis – gang vocals
Alban Reynolds – trombone on "Torn Apart", "Interlude", "Dear Future Historians..." and "The Appeal & the Mindsweep II"

Production

Dan Weller and Enter Shikari – production
Tim Morris – studio engineer, additional production on "The Last Garrison"
Jeremy Wheatley (for 365 Artists) – mixing
Stuart Hawkes (at Metropolis Group, London) – mastering
Luke Insect Studio – art direction
Ian Johnsen (at Thirty Century Management) – management

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[22]	19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[23]	68
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[24]	125
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)^[25]	26
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[26]	142
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[27]	66
UK Albums (OCC)^[28]	6
UK Independent Albums (OCC)^[29]	1
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)^[30]	2
US Billboard 200^[31]	166
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[32]	12
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[33]	16
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)^[34]	5

References

Citations

↑ UG Team (22 January 2015). "The Mindsweep Review". Ultimate Guitar Archive. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
↑ Bell, Mitchell (14 January 2015). "Enter Shikari – The Mindsweep (Album Review)". Vulture Hound Magazine. Retrieved 31 August 2015. Having finely tuned their set to become one of the best live British alternative-rock bands today, it began to feel like it was all or nothing for [Enter Shikari's] fourth release, The Mindsweep.
↑ "Review: Enter Shikari – 'The Mindsweep'". NBHAP. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
1 2 "Enter Shikari - "The Last Garrison" World Exclusive". Enter Shikari. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
1 2 "Anaesthesist". Enter Shikari. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
↑ Wright, Lisa (8 October 2014). "NME News Enter Shikari announce new album 'The Mindsweep'". NME. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
↑ Crane, Matt (8 October 2014). "Enter Shikari announce new album, 'The Mindsweep'". Alternative Press. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
↑ "Enter Shikari - The Last Garrison (Official Music Video)". YouTube. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
↑ "Never Let Go of the Microscope". Entershikari.com. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
↑ "Slipshod (Official Video)". Entershikari.com. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
↑ "Enter Shikari Unveil London Pop-Up Shop - Kerrang!". Kerrang!. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
↑ Laura Johnson. "Enter Shikari Share Video For New Single Torn Apart". Stereoboard.com.
↑ "Timeline Photo". Enter Shikari. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
1 2 3 4 Sutherland, Mark (17 January 2015). "Enter Shikari – Food for Thought". Kerrang!. No. 1551. pp. 22–25 (page 24).
1 2 Metacritic (April 16, 2013). "Critic Reviews for The Mindsweep". CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
↑ Alternative Press n°319, February 2015, pg. 89
↑ Kerrang! n°1550, 3 January 2015, pg. 52
↑ Pearlman, Mischa (January 14, 2015). "The Mindsweep - Enter Shikari". New Musical Express. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
↑ Q, February 2015, pg. 108
↑ Bird, ed. 2016, p. 29
↑ "ザ・マインドスウィープ - エンター・シカリ". Oricon. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
↑ "Australiancharts.com – Enter Shikari – The Mindsweep". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Enter Shikari – The Mindsweep" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Enter Shikari – The Mindsweep" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Enter Shikari – The Mindsweep" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
↑ "ザ・マインドスウィープ – エンター・シカリ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
↑ "Swisscharts.com – Enter Shikari – The Mindsweep". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
↑ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
↑ "Enter Shikari – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Enter Shikari. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
↑ "Enter Shikari - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
↑ "Enter Shikari – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for Enter Shikari. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
↑ "Enter Shikari – Chart history" Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums for Enter Shikari. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

Sources

Bird, Ryan, ed. (January 2016). "Top 50 Releases of the Year". Rock Sound. No. 208 (London: Freeway Press Inc.). ISSN 1465-0185.

External links

The Mindsweep at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

Enter Shikari

Rou Reynolds Rory Clewlow Chris Batten Rob Rolfe

Studio albums	Take to the Skies Common Dreads A Flash Flood of Colour The Mindsweep

EPs	Commit No Nuisance (as Hybryd) Nodding Acquaintance Sorry You're Not a Winner Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour Rat Race

Compilations	The Zone Tribalism

Remix albums	The Mindsweep: Hospitalised

Live albums	Live at Milton Keynes - Bootleg Series Volume 1 Live at Rock City - Bootleg Series Volume 2 Live from Planet Earth - Bootleg Series Volume 3 Live in London. W6. March 2012. - Bootleg Series Volume 4 Live in the Barrowland - Bootleg Series Volume 5

Singles	"Mothership" "Sorry You're Not a Winner/OK Time for Plan B" "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour" "Jonny Sniper" "We Can Breathe in Space, They Just Don't Want Us to Escape" "Juggernauts" "No Sleep Tonight" "Thumper" "Destabilise" "Quelle Surprise" "Sssnakepit" "Gandhi Mate, Gandhi" "Arguing with Thermometers" "Warm Smiles Do Not Make You Welcome Here" "The Paddington Frisk" "Radiate" "Rat Race" "The Last Garrison" "Anaesthetist" "Redshift"

Related articles	Discography A Flash Flood of Colour World Tour

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