Remember the (Aussie) summer of 2004-05? Hot damn, epic dance-rock was blowing up, but was yet to be taken mainstream by the Killers and the Bravery. And Silent Alarms was released. To this day, this is a ground breaking album for me. Banquet, the first single, is kinda epic and holds its own even now, but my favourite track is Like Eating Glass. The frenetic pace, the overdrumming, the uber-poppy chorus… all so rad. It was rock, with a heavy dance influence on the beat. And their follow-up work continued to move toward that influence.
Kele is about to drop his solo album. And it’s the progression towards proper mid-90s powerhouse you never knew you wanted (but secretly did when justified by one of the icons of Brit-dance-rock). Perhaps it’s a fanboy thing, but I really like this.
