release date: Oct. 13, 2014
format: cd
[album rate: 2,5 / 5] [2,68]
producer: Kele Okereke with Alex Brady and Tom Belton
label: Lilac Records - nationality: England, UK
Track highlights: 1. "First Impressions" - 2. "Coasting" - 9. "Silver and Gold"
2nd full-length solo album by Kele (Okereke) and his first release on his own label, Lilac Records. The 10 track album continues down the electronic and alt. dance path that he has proven to prefer as a solo artist, which also explains the influences one may find on the last three Bloc Party albums.
I don't find this as daring or intriguing as his fine solo debut Boxer from 2010. On Trick he stays on the main road of disco-influenced house or deep house, and I think it somewhat disappoints by staying much in the same mode without much to offer than simple drum and bass-backed compositions. In fact the tracks are so similar that they turn out as mere remixes of the same idea, or old Bloc Party tunes, which doesn't help much on the impression of the various tracks or the album in general.
Not recommended.
