Ah Hadouken! A band with another meaning in another language, its no suprise that they’ve made it quite big over in Japan. Hadouken! are a four piece band from England, whom say that they dont put themselves into a genre. And its true. Listening to the album, I’m not sure what to classify them in,  and to be honest, at times, maybe they dont know what there doing in places either. The best way to describe them would be Indie/Rave/Rap, mixed in with a bit of electronica, very interesting mix of them all.

Back to the album. In theory, this kind of music wouldnt work at all. Hadouken make it work, to a certain extent. The first song, Get Smashed Gate Crash is self explanatory, but as an introduction to an album, it doesnt wow. The song doesnt click in at all, and feels like dissassembled 90’s rave music, with cliched rap music that would make Kanye West frown. Thankfully, this doesnt continue on the album, with That Boy That Girl, an instant Indie classic, which I still cant put into a catagory. Its certainly different, but very well mixed together to make it work. This song has been out for a over a year, but has stood the test of time on it. New song, Game Over, is an interesting add to the album, which is strikingly different to the other two songs, and instantly catchy, revolving about game over in video games(retro ones!) and game over on a night out.  Declaration of War could be a nightclub classic if the right remix came along, but for now, it stays on my laptop, but its still quite good nevertheless. You instantly notice the dark plinks on the synth that adds to an epic continuation to the song.

Mr. Misfortune, reminds me of a Biffy Clyro song with rap elements replacing the guitar and vocals, and works well, albeit, it wanes after a minute or so. Crank It Up, another older song, hasnt stood the test of time. Instead, it sounds like a badly made 80’s dance song, featuring Salt n Peppa, which, trust me, its not a good thing. There some decent shoutabouts in the song which makes it bearably to listen to.

The rest of the album itself revolves around nights out, which is never a good thing, its been done too much, but Hadoukens twist on it all makes it listenable, again, thanks to its production value. Its not a bad effort to try something different, but it could have been a lot better. Avoid if you’re not interested in nu rave and indie!