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May 28, 2021I enjoy how the songs flow and build onto each other. I feel like this album is perfect if you're studying, or just want some calm tunes in the background while you're doing something. However, if you want an album to just straight up listen to, I feel like this can be very slow and sleepy.
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Jun 9, 2021While some moments will leave the listener wishing for full-band heft, his latest offering is buoyed by the strength of the songwriting on offer. The Waves Pt. 1 provides a fascinating look into how Okereke works with the essentials of his sound.
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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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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.