Kosheen: Resist : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone

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A former Irish folk singer with two English drum and bass DJs, Kosheen are a happy accident of anthemic glory pop songs and combustible dance rhythms. Singer Sian Evans is Kosheen's star, a powerful presence whose lyrics about life and love go far beyond dance music cliches like "Everybody dance now!" Kosheen's big hit, "Hide U," nearly unseated Britney in Belgium and earned them Top of the Pop's status and a U.K. drum and bass Single of the Year award. But can Kosheen fly stateside? Well, even if you prefer the Chemical Brothers to Jewel, you'll still be taken by the soaring choruses and warm acoustic guitars of songs like "Cover," "Harder," "Hungry" and "Face in a Crowd." The DJ team of Decoder and Substance never mess with Evans' irresistible songs, creating the perfect marriage of groovy beats, big melodies and Cher-on-Olympus vocals. Kosheen arrive five years too late to save the "electronica revolution," starting one of their own instead.

KEN MICALLEF
(March 5, 2002)