Kele has shed some light on the forthcoming album! Speaking from a very humid hotel room in Fort Lauderdale on the first night of Bloc Party's short trip to the States, he had this to say about Bloc Party's sophomore effort:
"...I know, I know, I know, I've been pretty slack in keeping you guys up to date so I thought as I have just compiled a playlist of the album contenders that I would let you guys in on it. On first thoughts, this album is going to be angry, not angry in a "fuck you, I won't tidy my bedroom!" Linkin Park way, more silent rage, like what is left when frustration boils over. Lyrically a lot of the abstraction has gone, the ideas are clearer and braver.
The new record will not be called 'Urbanite Relaxation', I told a journalist that would be one of the main themes, not the title. After reading 'Society Of The Spectacle' by Guy Debord and 'A Critique Of Everyday Life' by Henry Lefebvre I literally became obsessed with these minute details of everyday life in a modern capitalist society. Commuting, working, drinking, watching time slip by.
It's not a dance punk record, that shit has been done to death. Dance punk will not be a noose around our necks. The songs that stand out for me are: 'A Song for Clayton', 'Kreuzberg', 'Sunday', 'Perfect Teens' (formerly 'Machine'), 'Wet', 'Seroxat' and 'England' (formerly 'Blue Moon')."
Kele continues: "In the last year I've been reacquainting myself with early Roxy Music, Queen, 80's period Bowie, Missy Elliot, DJ Shadow, Dizzee Rascal, Philip Glass, and Austrian composer Ligeti. Last year I was given a choral score by Penderecki and I have not been able to stop listening to it. So I guess between those artists and composers, here is what we are aiming for with this new record. The atmosphere of this next record is going to be dark, we cannot deny that, but if we get it right it will not be aloof, it will be funny, warm and real as well, like an episode of Six Feet Under.
PS - Also to all you fans that have downloaded some live new tracks, please don't get too attached to them, as we are still in the process of overhauling everything. Those songs are just templates, playing them live to you guys helped us decide what worked and what didn't, that is all."
First posted on 'Marshals' - the official Bloc Party fan space.
Labels: A_Weekend_In_The_City, Press
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