Kele Okereke has shaken the music industry with his feverish songwriting since Bloc Party came out with their momentous debut Silent Alarm in 2005. As that band has continued to reinvent itself and tread new territory, Okereke has done the same with his solo work.
His latest album under the Kele moniker, 2042, finds the songwriting addressing and condemning institutional racism he’s seen running rampant in a post-Brexit United Kingdom. With the single “Between Me and My Maker,” he approaches these ideas through a lens of spirituality, waxing poetic on the hereafter and and pleading with an omniscient creator through sublime autotune effects.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Larry Mizell, Jr., host of The Afternoon Show on KEXP, is "The Turning Ground" by Tara Clerkin Trio, a 2023 single on Wor…
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Larry Mizell, Jr., host of The Afternoon Show on KEXP, is "Rebels" by Little Dragon & April + VISTA, from the 2023 album …
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Albina Cabrera, co-host of El Sonido on KEXP, in honor of Aquí y Ahora, is "Lo Sé" by Emi Pop, a 2023 self- released sing…
