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Rating: The Bloc Party are back, and they're doing it in great style. For those expecting a fast-paced, angry song like "Banquet", the Bloc have surprised us with this "The prayer".
What can be said: the dirty percussion introducing a strangely "mumbling" Kele suggests that the band has perhaps grown in a darker, more obscure way. The lyrics say "Lord give me grace, and dancing feet", making us understand that the Bloc are almost invoking God to help them replicate the success of the previous "Silent Alarm", even though they know the task will be very difficult… The song continues in the form of an indie-rock gem and then explodes into a stunning chorus, in full Bloc Party style. The four lads truly deserve a compliment for the mastery with which they compose choruses, always very romantic and dreamlike, never using unnecessary and chaotic musical instruments.
This particular aspect, however, they seem to have understood themselves, given the number of times they make us hear their beautiful chorus. Indeed, a bit (quite a bit) of repetitiveness emerges in this song. The guitar solo towards the end (strangely almost meaningless, distorted, useless!) certainly doesn't help to vary a style that is now beginning inevitably to smell old.
As already mentioned, the Bloc are back. The song is powerful, romantic, but repetitive. If they want high marks in the reviews of their now imminent album "A weekend in the city," they will have to take risks and once again aim to bring fresh air to a stagnant musical style like indie-rock.
The possibilities, without a doubt, are there.
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