Bloc Party
Musical shivers are “go” with Bloc Party’s new album “Intimacy”. Mykala sent me an email saying the album sounded pretty good, so I picked it up 15 minutes ago and gave the track “Signs” a listen while I ate dinner.
Whoah.
Re: that track “Signs”… I’ve never heard such good use of electronically syncopated bell sounds. Bloc Party sounds like this: take the accessible feel of late 90s alt-rock and blend in “emo” lyrics from the early 2000s — next, strip out the washed-out guitars. In their stead, inject a throbbing heart of interesting instrumentation, propulsive rhythm, and clever processing and you get Bloc Party’s barnburning sound.