“Fatherland is Kele Okereke’s pipe and slippers moment”
“On his third solo album, the former Bloc Party frontman unexpectedly trades electronic trappings for a folksy, fingerpicked inner-soul audit.”
“One thing you can say for sure about Kele Okereke is that he will never give you the same album twice. Whether that means you scramble to hear more music or wince before hitting play depends on how much you connect with his style of songwriting. His new solo album goes full acoustic. Every vulnerability is on display. The risks are high on this admirably showy, soulful turn. From the twee folk of ”
