Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke has announced his new album, The Singing Winds Pt. 3, which will be out January 17 via KOLA Records/!K7. It’s led by the lead single ‘It Wasn’t Meant To Be’, which follows last month’s ‘Hometown Edge’. Check it out and find the album cover and tracklist below.
“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,” Kele said of ‘It Wasn’t Meant To Be’ in a statement. “It’s a song about anger concealed in pleasantries.”
The Singing Winds Pt. 3 is the third in a trilogy of albums, following last year’s The Flames pt. 2 and 2021’s The Waves pt. 1. “I started ‘the elements’ project with The Waves in lockdown,” Kele explained. “It started as a test really, I had become so accustomed to working with other people for my solo records that the thought of making a record solely of my playing was something that I saw as a challenge to be conquered.”
“Apart from the vocals, every sound you hear on these records is made by my guitar,” he added. “The very limitations of the project have become part of the aesthetic, so I’m excited to be able to finally bring these songs to a stage and bring an audience into the process. I am looking forward to finally being able to perform this music in the way it was written and intended to be heard.”
The Singing Winds Pt. 3 Cover Artwork:
The Singing Winds Pt. 3 Tracklist:
1. It Wasn’t Meant To Be
2. The Arrangement
3. Libra Aquarius Gemini
4. Hometown Edge
5. Money Trouble
6. Day and Night
7. Breathless
8. The Legend of Archie and Lilibet
9. Kintsugi
10. Born Under A Lightning Sky
11. Holy Work