Thursday, November 16, 2006
Bloc Party is Back!
Ha! Not just a hip hop blog after all. I've been reppin' this Bloc Party movement from pretty much the get. Now the new album, A Weekend in the City is here as part of the "Week of Leaks"™ (Jay, Snoop, Game, Clipse!) and from the initial couple listens I've given it, I'll step out declare that it's pretty f-cking good. Their sound hasn't changed or evolved much but, for lack of a better term, it has gotten more "refined." It feels like they've gotten more comfortable in their own skin and now sound less like merely the pretty-good sum of their influences and more like just themsleves. Check it:
MP3: "Song for Clay (Disappear Here)" [YSI | zshare stream/download] - first track on the album. Is it inspired by Less Than Zero, the novel (or movie)? Also vaguely reminds me of "Price of Gasoline" from Silent Alarm melodically.
Meanwhile on other blogs...
Call Me Mickey:
- New Bloc Party: The Prayer
- Bloc Party @ Coachella
Fader:
- City Songs
- Just Blaze
And for more elsewhere on the internets: website | MySpace | Buy
Much repsek: Still Listen's JJ.
