It Wasn’t Meant To Be

KELE Released His 7th Solo LP (That’s One More Than BLOC PARTY) Today

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17 Janaury 2025

Bloc Party‘s voice/face/songwriter KELE OKEREKE launched his
7th solo longplayer today, named THE SINGING WINDS PT. 3.

DIY: “As an exercise, a flexing of musical muscles, ‘The Singing Winds pt. 3’
is interesting enough so long as you’re only seeking bops as a bonus.”

TUTV: On his solo work Kele sounds like a Bloc Party Light. His trippy cocktail of ambient, trip-hop and guitar pop is entertaining with several bouncy tracks but misses some peppy punches and stand-out tunes. The three best pieces are the singles (listen/watch below). On the other hand, Kele‘s guitar play is (again) sterling, elaborate, and sparkly and his light-toned vocals are as euphonious as ever.

Singles: Hometown Edge / It Wasn’t Meant To Be / Kintsugi

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– KINTSUGI –


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– IT WASN’T MEANT TO BE –


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ALBUM


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Instagram – Spotify

KELE – ‘THE SINGING WINDS PT. 3’ On 17 January 2025

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Coming Up

17 December 2024

Bloc Party‘s voice/face/songwriter KELE OKEREKE released a
4-track EP, named The High Life with BC, followed last summer
by a stand-alone single, called Flirting Again.

In between, he worked on his 7th solo longplayer.
It’s baptized THE SINGING WINDS PT. 3 and lands
next year, on January 17th.

Singles (shared so far): Hometown Edge / It Wasn’t Meant To Be / Kintsugi

– HOMETOWN EDGE –

– IT WASN’T MEANT TO BE –


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– KINTSUGI –


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Instagram – Spotify

Bloc Party Orchestrator KELE Announces New Solo LP And Shares Bouncy Track ‘IT WASN’T MEANT TO BE’

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New striking strokes

29 September 2024

Bloc Party‘s orchestrator KELE OKEREKE jumps from left
to right, from recording with his band to working on solo
projects.

Last year he released with BC a 4-track EP named The High Life
followed last June by a stand-alone single, called Flirting Again.

Last month he dropped a new funky solo single, titled Hometown Edge and here’s another fresh one. IT WASN’T MEANT TO BE is a bouncy, repetitive electro loop with
Kele articulating all over it. Listen below.

Kele: “Once the dust has settled, there might be the intention to be a grown up and achieve closure with the other party. But sometimes, even with the best will in the world, you can’t get past the fact that this person, who you once loved, has hurt you. It’s a song about anger concealed in pleasantries.”

He also confirmed that both songs will be on his new, 7th solo longplayer,
baptized The Singing Winds Pt. 3. It comes out next year, on January 17th.

IT WASN’T MEANT TO BE


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Kele: Instagram