Bloc Party - Intimacy
Recently, it has apparently become a trend to make an album release so unusual action that you get three times the attention. Radiohead made it that way, Nine Inch Nails, and now Bloc Party. That the
London with their 3-Day Announcement have shot down the bird should be obvious, but justifies the album's attention? Of course, 5 pounds for the download is not much, but are only ten songs on the album, for 10 pounds you get with the CD, however, two more songs to which the impatient fan until 27 October has to wait, because only then will reach the top of the shops. Since only the download is available to me there is nothing
choice but to comment on it.
"What's that?" Ask Bloc Party faithful fans since the release of the single "Mercury". The answer - the new ideas of the band around Kele Orekeke, and these are absorbed on the first song of the album, "Ares".
As' Electro Beat Street "decried the new style of post-punk is still no more development, but simply over-produced, so supporters.
But you have to listen to the new style, after the third passage one can see the "Ares" one of the best songs from the new album, and that makes the album far from weak. After
"Ares" and the hit song "Mercury" following "Halo" and "Biko". The former of the latter two will probably be a return to Silent Alarm - inconsistency, and so it sounds as the song also calculated, sounds good in the beginning, but does not hang, and acts like an over-produced pop song.
stands in complete contrast, "Biko", a song that A Weekend In The City with the new style combines a quiet, beautifully melancholy Bloc Party song by the guitar playing Bloc Party's typical in such songs (eg "On") with a single, completely flat voice recorded phrase "I Can not Do this Alone, "paired. That sounds wonderful, and is a consolidation of the new style of intimacy.
You notice well that I never speak of intimacy, but always on the new style of intimacy. The biggest weakness of the album is the Unkonsequenz the band, the new style, although many fans may not like him to follow through completely. At its debut Silent Alarm
had no problem with the band because they have had few followers, but now Bloc Party are probably afraid to lose something.
The second single, "Trojan Horse", is a reflection of this fear - a boring song with a lot of guitar solos - the lack of "Mercury" has been criticized. With the change
New Style - Old Style is more there, on the "Trojan Horse" follows with "Signs" a typical A Weekend in the City-song, an imitation of good songs like "Waiting for the 7:18" or "On" but not the worst song of the album.
Perhaps it appear, however, and the only good "Back-To-The-Roots' song," One Month Off "and all this in a better light, but take the last three songs of the album at all good in one direction.
"Zepherus" makes as a perfect start, but once again an example of the undecided back-and-forth, for here we have another song of the new style presented. A church choir in the background creates a dark atmosphere, electro beats and Kele Orekeke do the rest. A fitting song play in which Orekeke repeatedly emphasized the phrase, "And all you said in your voice quitest what 'I'm needing you as much as they do'," a catchy chorus to sing along well, a beautiful melody - A very good song.
The penultimate song "Better Than Heaven" is again a new style of A Weekend in the City mix, once again, this combination succeed completely.
But the real hit of the album is also the end last song, "Ion Square". started with keyboards, electro beats and Orekeke-breath singing this song has long been a wonderful beginning.
One minute it goes so on, then uses a behavior, bizarre bass player, and a distorted guitar in the background that aggressiviert the dark atmosphere again.
And then begins the refrain: Text secure sings Kele again a great Bloc Party tune, the guitar enhances the drama of the play, behavior, and then comes the real drummer. A faster rhythm sets in, and while Kele completely calm continues his singing the song increases in its drama, a subdued chorus in the background sets in, and now also Kele dramatic what follows the chorus again. And then even the guitar solo in the background.
A wonderful piece, a wonderful end, and despite back-and-forth feelings it creates "Ion Square" make the image more positive. A wonderful album. Therefore, I give 9 / 10 points
Bloc Party - Ares
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