Solitary Brothers

Bloc Party are a great example of a band who don't rest on their laurels. After they struck a winning formula with début album 'Silent Alarm', they could have easily 'pulled a Coldplay' by continuing to churn very similar stuff and sell albums by the bucketload. Instead, they continue to toy around with their sound and, although the resulting material has sometimes fallen short of expectations, their sonic evolution always makes for interesting listening.

In my opinion, their new track 'Talons' is the best thing they've produced since 'The Prayer'. I especially love this keyboard-driven Phones R.I.P. mix, which sounds like the long lost cousin of early-90's pop anthem 'Killer' by Adamski.



Russell's side-project Pin Me Down are worth checking out too. Their song 'Cryptic' is one of my favoruites of the year.