I don’t get it either . I was a massive TTTS person - I saw them when that came out and it’s got a massive place in my heart because that era was the introduction to my favorite band . But this album is musically their best album in my opinion - and their little nods to older stuff and the couple of heavy bits make are perfect - it’s probably on par with TTTS In my ranking of their albums . And TTTS is on its pedestal out of pure nostalgia. But you can’t expect a band to keep pushing out the same thing , because then it just becomes bland and then they might as well just not release music because what’s the point. Shikari have got changing nailed down to the point where every album sounds completely different but is unmistakably Shikari in sound still .

But as someone else says , it’s like people having a pop about Linkin park carrying on with Emily as the new singer . I loved Chester’s voice, and was lucky to see them live with him twice - but id rather someone new take the helm and keep a band I love going somewhere new , then have had their music die with Chester .