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Bloc Party have continually evolved as a group from release to release. With their latest album, Alpha Games, featuring Kele Okereke (vocals/guitar), Russell Lissack (guitar), Justin Harris (bass) and Louise Bartle (drums), the band arrive at something unique in their catalog. That’s no surprise. Okereke has never followed a carefully mapped trajectory, rather responding to […]

Bloc Party have released another new track, “If We Get Caught.” The song comes ahead of the band’s sixth studio album, Alpha Games, out April 29. Read more: Bloc Party release “The Girls Are Fighting” video—watch “If We Get Caught” follows the release of three other singles: “Traps,” “Sex Magik” and “The Girls Are Fighting.” Bloc […]

Bloc Party have released a  music video for their new song, “The Girls Are Fighting.” The track is the latest off of the band’s upcoming album, Alpha Games, out April 29 via Infectious/BMG. The visual sees the band in the Repton Boxing Club. The venue is an old Victorian bath house in East London turned legendary […]

Bloc Party Four This review originally ran in AP 290. The new offering from Bloc Party is sprinkled with some intra-band asides and buzzing amps, signifiers for a “being there” audio-verité moment. It makes sense: Much of Four sounds like some dudes in a small room sacrificing their personal space in service to playing music. […]