Today’s message is a simple one.

THE KAISER CHIEFS ARE GOD.

The last albums I heard that were this good all the way through are Razorlights’ “Up All Night” and “Mescalero” by ZZ Top. No filler is present whatsoever, not an ounce. Don’t rip this CD then put the songs you like in playlists, you will like them all. Listen to the album as a single entity, it deserves it.

That said, some animals are more equal than others, and the opener is a real attention-grabber. The lyrics sound like something the Barenaked Ladies might write while feeling melancholy, and the vocal style is 100% pure XTC, only in a good way (what, you haven’t heard of XTC? Damn kids these days). Clearly, however, the star of the show is track six, “Oh My God”, which tells anyone who’ll listen that yes, Franz Ferdinand were no fluke: indie rock can have awesome choruses.