The Bloc Party frontman returns with another album set in the heart of the club and documenting the various stages of love. Listen to it ahead of its release
Bloc Partys Kele Okereke may have helped build the foundations of British indie, but in its demise hes jumped ship, turning his attentions on a new form of alternative music. Following the release of 2010s The Boxer, he spent his time collecting concepts for a club album during weekly DJ sets, and working out how to combine old school garage, 90s R&B, 2-step and Italo house with his own, inimitable vocals.
Documenting the heady first sight of a prospective lover (First Impressions), it moves onto the initial stages of infatuation and lust (Coasting, Stay The Night) and once the fizz of first love has died down, Tricks descends into a slightly more sombre mood (Like We Used To, Doubt). Unfortunately theres no tracks entitled Can I Get My Stuff Back Please or How Do You Change Your Relationship Status on Facebook, but perhaps thats to come on album No 3.
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