release date: Oct. 31, 2011
format: digital
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,52]
producer: XXXChange
label: Wichita - nationality: England, UK
Tracklist: 1. "What Did I Do?" (feat. Lucy Taylor) - 2. "Release Me" - 3. "Devotion" - 4. "Goodbye Horses" - 5. "Cable's Goodbye" - 6. "Love as a Weapon" - 7. "You Belong to Someone Else"
7-track ep by Kele, lead vocalist of Bloc Party with four tracks produced by XXChange (aka Alex Epton) (tracks #1, #3, #6 & #7); track #2 by RAC (aka André Allen Anjos) & QNESS (aka Qhubani Ndlovu, South African DJ); track #4 by Daniel Lindegren & Fred Falke, and track #5 by Kele. This is his second solo album not counting single releases.
Stylewise, it's a move into a bolder and softer dance-pop universe. My initial response was disorientation and a rather negative sensation, but as I have come to learn with Bloc Party, new releases rarely deliver the expected and The Hunter EP has something else to offer than what meets the "eye". Met on its conditions as a dance music release, this is not entirely bad and it may take some time to settle in, so give it a chance and several spins before calling it a day.