Bloc Party announce surprise EP, The High Life EP

Bloc Party have confirmed the surprise release of their new EP, The High Life EP, set to drop on July 21. After a busy year touring with Paramore, the band are gearing up for a summer of U.K. festivals and a four-track release, symbolic of Bloc Party’s next chapter.

Earlier this month, the beloved and nearly 25-year-old band released the percussive, alt-rock title track “High Life,” infused with their signature upbeat funk, and “Keep It Rolling” with Cleveland-born artist KennyHoopla. 

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“When we were invited on the Paramore tour, we really wanted to get together and capture where the band was at and share that music,” frontman Kele Okereke says. “To me, it’s the sound of coming out of the wilderness and reembracing life.”

The band’s last studio album, Alpha Games, is hailed as the marriage between post-punk with dance, showcasing the band’s constant work-in-progress attitude and passion for experimenting with new sounds and genres. Okereke explains that their new EP will “offer a little bridge between Alpha Games and what’s next for the band.”