October 5, 2007
New Bloc Party - "Flux"
News came yesterday from the Bloc Party camp of a new single -- news that would've excited us more a year or two ago, but still, Kele and Co.'s Silent ways have earned our ear for awhile to come. Didn't take long for it to pop up online, so have a listen at Hypem to gauge their direction. Premature evaluation says it's got a beat and we can dance to it. Except Kele sounds too much like Cher. Fair point: A lot of people like to dance to Cher.
Also, they flexed their new "Flux" on Conan last night, where it featured much less autotune on the vox, sounding more like the band we fell in love with on Alarm, even more new wave-y if that's possible. Only, that "We need to talk!" is so "We're gonna win this!" We'll bring you the Conan clip when it's YouTube'd.
[Pic from Bloc Party's set at ACL '07]
UPDATE: Conan video after the jump! (thanks, e)
Dear Bloc Party,
Please never use a vocoder again.
Sincerely,
Everyone
Posted by: omg at October 5, 2007 11:28 AMwaiting for the taper-jeaned kids to backlash with some trite recycled criticisms, but i love it.
Posted by: chris at October 5, 2007 11:29 AMTerrible, just terrible. Is their first album going to be the only decent thing they ever do?
Posted by: Scott at October 5, 2007 11:29 AMplease. criticize fine. but criticizing with uber elementary crap like, "super weak?" We are typing in valley talk now? Like, totally whack. bloc party does what they like, unlike some other bands out there that simply do what will get play or cater to shimmering reviews. They are also a band that has grown since their first album, so can we please stop comparing every track put out since then to "helicopter" and "this modern love?" the seemingly only tracks that people know because they are easily accessible and give instant gratification?
Posted by: sheesh at October 5, 2007 11:44 AMNot all that bad, but is it just me or is that a Bravery single from my Sophomore year of college?
Posted by: John at October 5, 2007 12:10 PMsheesh .. the song is NOT good .. bloc party is probably my favorite band that came out in the last couple of years but this song is just not good.. it sounds like The Bravery, they're not going forward with their sound on this song ..
this is just another dance rock song that 5 years from now you'll cringe at
Posted by: Deif at October 5, 2007 12:13 PM
