The Kele Okereke single, ‘Streets Been Talkin’‘ will appear on the Okereke‘s new album Fatherland.
This will be the third solo album from the Bloc Party frontman and is the follow up to his 2014 record Trick.
In a press release, Okereke has stated that the acoustic/folk single was one of the first he wrote for the album and that it is a “bittersweet ode to romance and the passing of time“. He has also opened up about the album and its influences. “I was listening a lot to Elliott Smith’s ‘Either/Or’, ‘Pink Moon’ by Nick Drake, ‘Blue’ by Joni Mitchell, and the Al Green album, ‘Still in Love With You’,”
“Writing these songs and expressing these words and feelings, it’s something that’s vital for me. I’m recognising I’m entering into a different part of my life.”
Speaking about how becoming a father in 2016 affected his songwriting, the singer-songwriter said, “I’m fully conscious that this record is probably going to serve as a document for Savannah of the relationship between her fathers and who we were before she came into our lives,”
“It feels important for her to see that we don’t have all the answers but we’re trying.”
The album features Years and Years’ Olly Alexander and Corinne Bailey Rae and is said to cover a wide range of genres including “delicate folk”, “sumptuous soul” and “insidious, dub reggae-meets-Weimar cabaret”.
Fatherland tracklist:
1. Overture
2. Streets Been Talkin’
3. You Keep On Whispering His Name
4. Capers
5. Grounds For Resentment (feat. Olly Alexander)
6. Yemaya
7. Do U Right
8. Versions Of Us (feat. Corinne Bailey Rae)
9. Portrait
10. Road To Ibadan
11. Savannah
12. The New Year Party
13. Royal Reign
