Silent Alarm

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Banquet – The Streets Remix Video!". Bloc Party. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011 . Retrieved 3 May 2008. Phares, Heather. "Bloc Party: Biography". Allmusic. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010 . Retrieved 14 April 2009. Dekel, Jon (13 June 2013). "Bloc Party plans indefinite break after summer festival circut". The National Post. Postmedia Network. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013 . Retrieved 13 June 2013. Much of what is happening in 2022 feels eerily similar to the landscape of 2007, when Bloc Party released A Weekend in the City: austerity and financial instability, political division, intense reflections on the balance between community and the individual. The Overload, Yard Act’s Mercury-nominated tale of reluctant capitalism, feels like a thematic descendent; Anywhere But Here, the excellent new release by London band Sorry, also carries the indie dance music torch, blending the twinkly light and sinister shade of disco, punk and pop. Whatever your interpretation of indie might be, it seems difficult to play a guitar in 2022 without channelling some of Bloc Party’s fractious energy, driven by the cyclic frustrations of the world.Hydro Connect: Day 2 review: Bloc Party". Theregoesthefear. 4 September 2008. Archived from the original on 10 September 2008 . Retrieved 6 September 2008. a b c "PLUG 2006 Nominees/Winners". PLUG. Archived from the original on 20 December 2008 . Retrieved 14 April 2009. Bloc Party: Alpha Games (Limited Edition) (Solid Red Vinyl) (+ handsigniertem Insert, in Deutschland/Österreich/Schweiz exklusiv für jpc!) (2 LPs) – jpc". Archived from the original on 23 November 2021 . Retrieved 23 November 2021. BBC – Reading and Leeds Festivals 2008 – Bloc Party". BBC. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008 . Retrieved 6 September 2008. a b "Bloc Party Sympathy For Bomb Victims". NME. 12 July 2005. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012 . Retrieved 20 June 2009.

For at least a little while in the mid-2000s, Bloc Party was one of the best bands on the planet. Fresh off of the release of their debut album Silent Alarm in early 2005, Kele Okerke and co. were thrust to superstardom in the U.K., eventually leading the indie British invasion of sorts stateside alongside Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, The Libertines and others, acting as the more intellectual and political act of the bunch. Byrne, Niall (28 September 2011). "Kele Okereke to leave Bloc Party? Update: No". State.ie. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011 . Retrieved 26 March 2012.Jagernauth, Kevin (29 June 2005). "Fifteen Minutes with Bloc Party". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008 . Retrieved 29 May 2009. Doherty hopes for NME night out on bail". The Guardian. London. 17 February 2005. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008 . Retrieved 20 July 2008. Krol, Charlotte (23 November 2021). "Bloc Party return with new song 'Traps' and announce sixth album 'Alpha Games' ". NME. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021 . Retrieved 23 November 2021. Copsey, Rob (19 March 2018). "Bloc Party to tour their debut album Silent Alarm". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018 . Retrieved 19 March 2018.

Bloc Party announce 'Talons' ". Bloc Party. Archived from the original on 11 September 2008 . Retrieved 10 September 2008. Bloc Party play last show before hiatus at Latitude Festival - NME". NME. 20 July 2013. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017 . Retrieved 3 September 2017. a b Ahmed, Imran (6 February 2005). "Bloc Party: Silent Alarm". NME. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 . Retrieved 9 February 2009. Listen: Bloc Party's Kele: "Tenderoni" ". Pitchfork Media. 28 April 2010. Archived from the original on 7 September 2011 . Retrieved 18 July 2011. MTV staff (28 September 2005). "Coldplay, Gorillaz Lead MTV Europe Music Awards Nominations". MTV Europe. Archived from the original on 21 June 2013 . Retrieved 25 March 2009.Zemler, Emily (28 January 2022). "Bloc Party Recount a Bad Night Out in 'The Girls are Fighting' ". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 25 February 2022 . Retrieved 18 April 2022. Steve Lamacq (19 January 2004). "The downside to being the buzz band of the moment". BBC. Archived from the original on 4 April 2005 . Retrieved 2 May 2008. Bloc Party unveil new single 'The Love Within' and announce new album Hymns". HMV. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015 . Retrieved 11 October 2015. a b c Abebe, Nitsuh (14 February 2005). "Bloc Party: Silent Alarm". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 3 February 2009 . Retrieved 6 February 2009.

Warren, Jamin (29 August 2005). "Bloc Party (Interview)". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved 29 July 2009. Bloc Party: Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010 . Retrieved 29 July 2009. Zemler, Emily (25 February 2022). "Bloc Party Get Nostalgic on Pulsating New Single 'Sex Magik' ". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022 . Retrieved 18 April 2022.FYF Fest 2015: Bloc Party demands dance party, gets crowd on their feet Saturday". Daily News. 23 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 August 2015 . Retrieved 24 August 2015. Minsker, Evan (25 June 2013). "Bloc Party announce new EP The Nextwave Sessions". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 26 June 2013 . Retrieved 25 June 2013. And there’s the wonderful ‘Pioneers’ which manages to combine the ridiculous hopelessness and optimism of, well, life itself. “If it can be broke then it can be fixed”, Kele gasps, like he’s defusing a bomb. “If it can be fused then it can be split” – he is defusing a bomb! And the chorus continues