Kaiser Chiefs’ debut album will be turning 15 this year, but how will they be celebrating?
It has become the norm for bands to tour when their debut albums reach a big birthday. For Kaiser Chiefs, as tempting as a celebratory tour is, they do not feel that it is the right move for them.
“In a world where everyone’s going out on tour to celebrate the seventh anniversary of their first record…I don’t want to do it,” Wilson told NME. “I’d rather do one year of Duck. I think that would be more fun – for us and the audience. We’re one of those bands where if we’re having a good time, then everyone else is having a good time.”
Wilson added: “I was thinking about ‘Employment’. Is it really that good? I think it’s good but we were lucky and it was of a time.”
Bassist Simon Rix chimed in: “We rereleased them on vinyl recently, so I listened to both ‘Employment’ and ‘Yours Truly, Angry Mob’. ‘Employment’ was slightly worse than I remembered it, and ‘Yours Truly’ was slightly better than I remember it.”
Although the odds of an “Employment” tour are looking low, Duck is out now.
