Enter Shikari – The Paddington Frisk

Seems like the whole world conspired Global capitalism is frequently the antagonist in Enter Shikari’s songs – the music video for The Paddington Frisk suggest that they see a conspiracy between the agents of capital (bankers, CEOs) and politicians behind any future executions of dissidents. I regard myself as a soldier / Though a soldier of peace / I know the value of discipline and truth / I must ask you to believe me when I say… A direct quote and sampled voice from Mahatma Gandhi, specifically of a speech given in the Victory Hall, Geneva, Switzerland on December 10, 1931. Gandhi, as a revolutionary and change agent who secured the freedom of 350 million people by non-violent means. Now this ain’t over yet / As far as I can see… / We’ve only just begun Both an optimistic view that ‘the best is yet to come’ as regards the struggle against stagnant institutions, blind consumerism and self-destructive globalism, and a promise that the band itself hasn’t finished their journey.