Stream New Bloc Party: "One More Chance"

Hahaha...whoa. This one was sort of out of left-field, but then again, sort of not at all. To the disappointment of some, this song strays further from the sounds of Silent Alarm and follows the band past Intimacy into the darker depths of the dance floor. Where in the past the band used angular guitars, superfast metronomic drumming, and hefty bass lines to make danceable rock music, here the band seems to be going for broke into straight-up club music, with very little pretense of trying to make use of traditional instruments, filling the hole with studio effects and drum machines. The band, or perhaps more specifically Kele, seem bent on making Bloc Party an outright dance-act a la CSS. 

It would be dishonest of me to say that I don't like anything about this song. The keyboard line is really awesome in a sort of Bruce Hornsby "That's Just The Way It Is" remix type of way. But its just not a Bloc Party song. It feels something that would fit better in the Calvin Harris/Sam Sparro/Miike Snow territory.

I don't mean to say that the band shouldn't be trying new things, but this seems like it should be some sort of Kele Okereke side project. The band isn't being utilized. And for a band whose members are all so adept at their respective instruments and who work so well when they all come together, it's a real shame to see it go to waste.

Anywho, you can stream the jam at the band's website over HERE.