{"id":31684,"date":"2026-04-30T15:08:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/?p=31684"},"modified":"2026-04-30T15:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:08:22","slug":"kasabian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/kasabian\/","title":{"rendered":"Album review – Kasabian, Act III"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reveiwed by Kseniia Vedeneeva.<\/p>\n

Legendary Leicester band Kasabian<\/strong> is back with a new Album.<\/p>\n

British rock giants return with a brand new record and a huge Finsbury Park concert.<\/p>\n

Leicester-based rock band Kasabian has announced their ninth studio album, ACT III<\/em>, set for release on 17 July 2026.<\/p>\n

Along with the new album, the group has revealed details of their largest headline show to date: a homecoming-style performance at London’s Finsbury Park on 4 July.<\/p>\n

The album is the third part of the \u2018mini-operas\u2019 that began with the 2022\u2019s, The Alchemist’s Euphoria <\/em>and continued with the 2024\u2019s Happenings.<\/em> But frontman, Serge Pizzorno, promises a noticeable change and a return to the roots of the group\u2019s sound. He said, \u201cThis album is all that’s great about Kasabian. It’s got Kasabian DNA running through it. It’s all the things that we’ve done in the past.”<\/p>\n

Unlike the band’s recent dance collaborations \u2013 including a 2025 track with Calvin Harris \u2013 ‘Act III’ returns to the guitar sound. Pizzorno has described the record as “rooted in guitars”, adding that he “fell back in love with it” after a period of experimentation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat [collaboration with Calvin Harris] was definitely just an adventure and an exploration into some mad world, whereas ‘Act III’ is rooted in guitars. I fell back in love with it.”<\/p>\n

The album will contain 13 songs, including three instrumental interludes: quiet on set please 1m9, SOULMATE, Hippie Sunshine, SUPERPOWERS, GREAT PRETENDER, NOTHING BETTER THAN THIS, mind palace 2m7, SILVER APPLE EYES, THE GURU AND THE CRYPTO TIME MACHINE, npc 3m12, GLIDE, HYPER\/\/RISING and SAY YOU (CLOSER).<\/p>\n

You can already listen to the singles \u201cHippie Sunshine\u201d, released last year, and \u201cGreat Pretender\u201d, which was released on 2 April 2026 with a music video.<\/p>\n

Interesting that this song is about imposter syndrome, which, according to the musician himself, the frontman has spent his entire career in. \u201cGreat Pretender’ is about imposter syndrome not as a weakness, but as a sign you’re on the edge of something real. It’s that feeling right before you step on stage, when the lights go down, and it’s now or never.”<\/p>\n

Kseniia Vedeneeva is one of our volunteer writers.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Kasabian from the band’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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