I really should be working on a project right now, but instead, I am on here writing again. 3 posts for 3 days. This is either healthy expression combined with professional enthusiasm or an addiction. I’m not ready to say what I think it is yet.
So the new Bloc Party album came out a little while ago. Honestly, I never liked Bloc Party that much, I remember arguing with people that their sound was a little all over the place (skittery, jumbled, mismatched) and that other bands that had been released around the same time (The Bravery) were a more focused and in and of themselves a complete package. That’s right, I like the Bravery more than Bloc Party. Mostly because of their sweet sweet keyboards, and that their front man really can’t sing and is always drunk. Anyway, back to Bloc Party, I do like “Banquet”, and I think one or two songs on the new disc might be enjoyable too.
Artist: Bloc Party
Title: A Weekend in the City
Kele Oleorke’s vocals sound like a timid king riding atop a crashing wave of instrumentation. That being said, the instrumentation is more lush and rich when compared to their first album but the quiet moderate tempo to brash jittery middle and crashing end formula is rarely abandoned at all throughout the entire CD. The outstanding singles are “The Prayer” (4) and “I Still Remember” (9), the former being a more tribal track that reminds me of TV on the Radio a little, and the latter, while being the best track on the album, has a few of the same notes from Wham’s “Last Christmas”, it jars me out of the song, but overall it’s a lighter more agile song that is a pleasant listen.
