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- Summary: The latest full-length solo release for the Bloc Party frontman was self-produced.
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- Record Label: Kola
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Positive: 5 out of 8
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Mixed: 3 out of 8
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May 28, 2021The instrumentals are lo-fi but bear a charm, and find Kele offering up his best guitar work in years.
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May 28, 2021In 13 tracks ‘The Waves pt. 1’ is an elegant accumulating of Kele Okereke’s work. It encapsulates so much depth and takes you on joyous rides that you can never anticipate the direction of.
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Jun 1, 2021Overall, this is a rewarding and captivating body of work. The Waves Pt.1 is a testament to Kele Okereke’s adaptability as an artist.
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Jun 2, 2021When Kele’s familiar voice leaps all over the limits of its range, songs like “The One Who Held You Up” take on a stagey quality. But overall, The Waves, Pt. 1 is a mid-career detour worth indulging. The left-of-center UK rock veteran sounds better here than he has at least since the best songs on 2017’s folksy Fatherland, his previous no-frills record. But this time Kele also sounds free.
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MojoMay 28, 2021Tge Waves Pt 1's ebb-and-flow is closer to Phillip Glass's pulsing minimalism than anything calming or restorative. [Jul 2021, p.87]
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May 28, 2021Adding interesting new textures to his playbook, it’s perhaps helpful to think of ‘The Waves Pt.1’ as a soundtrack to something bigger, the wading out to sea before the full immersive plunge. By the time ‘Part 2’ arrives, Kele will likely have found even more ways to expand his horizons.
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Jun 1, 2021When Kele does sing, his magnificently anguished yelp is mostly stilled. There is far too much spoken word. This scattershot approach just about worked on his previous album, 2042, but this has neither its visceral immediacy nor the wild, unhinged invention of what he does best.
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May 28, 2021
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