release date: Nov. 25, 2007
format: digital
[single rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,52]
producer: Jacknife Lee
label: Wichita - nationality: England, UK
Tracklist: 1. "Flux" (4 / 5) - 2. "Flux (live at The Theater at Madison Square Garden)" (2 / 5) - 3. "Emma Kate's Accident" (2,5 / 5)
A single release by Bloc Party that didn't make it to the band's 2007 album, and no wonder! Once you think you've understood where these guys are musically, they have moved to a complete new position doing something... different. At this point fans are complaining how Bloc Party is a scam and how disappointed everyone is that they do not produce... Or: what was expected, that is. Because fact is, Bloc Party came out as a super-hyped band that should pick up music where Joy Division let go as a British competitor and leader of post-punk revival. Think twice, these guys may have thought. The second studio album, A Weekend in the City (2007) showed us how much they are on the move exploring their limits. Flux... is again a step into new territory. This is experimenting with electronic synth pop and alt. dance. It took me more than a few attempts but then again, I found it more than just experiments. And once again, one need to hear their music played LOUD! "Flux" alone is a great single track, which is enough to get hold of this very single with the remainders being mere filler.
