The ghosts are here, red white and blue...

If you're in for some late 80s post-punk, melodic indie music go check out Bloc Party. Yeah I know, I know. Although they've been getting play on a local LA alternative station, they've been around for who knows how long. Sucks to know that you have to hear about good indie music like this on a mainstream station. Anyway, it's been stuck in my car forever and I can't seem to throw in any other CD at the moment. It's really that great of a CD.

"The English live on an island, have national radio, and they had the Smiths and the Stone Roses. As a result, they're less embarrassed than Americans to dream of indie guitar bands commanding decent audiences. That's part of what Bloc Party frontman Kele Okerere seems to have in mind when he describes this album as "Technicolor." He means it has big sound, big hooks, energetic performances, ambition-- all the things that make rock bands sound skilled and confident...Read full review.

Review courtesy of Pitchfork Media.

Official Bloc Party Website