Bloc Occasion’s Kele shares new single “Between Me and My Maker”: Stream

Bloc Occasion frontperson Kele Okereke has shared a brand new single referred to as “Between Me and My Maker”. It comes from his upcoming solo album, 2042, due November eighth by way of KOLA Information.

To this point 2042 is trying to be an attention-grabbing follow-up to 2017’s Fatherland. Lead single “Jungle Bunny” tackled the perceived tasks of black entertainers alongside a bouncy, wiry guitar line that would have come from a traditional Bloc Occasion document. “Between Me and My Maker” sounds fairly completely different, which at the very least ensures the brand new LP will reveal extra of Kele’s particular person character.

The brand new observe is a shocking mix of thundering stomp-clap rhythm often reserved for bracing alt-rock and vivid, non secular vocals extra becoming for a pop ballad. In a while, it shifts right into a vocoder-filtered synth dream. True to the track’s title, Kele spends the track imagining what life will likely be like within the afterlife. It’s an attention-grabbing flip, and one which showcases how a lot vary Kele has each when it comes to his singing and his songwriting. Stream it under.

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In current Bloc Occasion information, the band’s seminal debut album, Silent Alarm, simply turned 15. To rejoice the anniversary, they’ve been performing the album in full on tour, together with a cease at Riot Fest final month. Tickets can be found to their upcoming dates right here. Followers who can’t make it out to these reveals can swipe a duplicate of Silent Alarm Dwell, the not too long ago launched dwell album.