Bloc Party

[powerhour24]

Fitzy, he's been quoted as saying fans shouldn't expect it to sound like Bloc material... we'll see.

 

[cobl04]

i like how the Bloc Party thread on this forum starts thus:

I'm not a big fan of Bloc Party, in fact i think most of their stuff is crap

 

[powerhour24]

Some people just want their name as thread starter on a thread they know will be successful.

 

[FitzChivalry]

I have noticed that it seems to be pretty much black or white with Bloc Party. People either seem to love them or absolutely loathe them. There doesn't seem to be a lot of grey area in just somewhat liking them.

 

[bono_212]

"Biko" might be my favorite song on that album .

Maybe it's because it was my introduction to the band, but I really do dig Intimacy. Nowhere near as much as Silent Alarm though, and Napster still doesn't have Weekend in the City .

Finally heard Weekend in the City the other day. Loved it. Love all of their music lol. If I had to rank it'd be Silent Alarm, Intimacy, Weekend in the City, but God, they're pretty much all equal.

Can't wait to hear Kele's album!

 

[intedomine]

Lookin' forward to this, boring album title though...

Weekend In The City

Kreuzberg - I Still Remember - Sunday

 

[ShipOfFools]

I love Bloc Party! Intimacy is probably my favorite album, but I also like Silent Alarm.

 

[nielsgov]

I'm excited for Kele's album. I'm not expecting it to be as good as the BP albums but I hope I'm surprised.

 

[xaviMF22]

I want another BP album


bitches

 

[powerhour24]

Hopefully 2011.

 

[FitzChivalry]

I still haven't caught one of Matt's drumsticks. I PROMISED MYSELF I would keep going to Bloc Party shows until I finally catch one!

(Though I did get to meet Matt, so that was pretty fucking awesome!)

 

[FitzChivalry]

The first single, 'Tenderoni', off Kele's solo album debuted on Zane Lowe yesterday.

It's up on YouTube, but my laptop is broken, so I have to do everything from my cell phone and I can't paste the link on here . . . . SO GO LOOK IT UP FOR YOURSELVES . . . (and then get back here and let us know what ya thunk )

My two cents: it sounds like some of the remixes off ''Intimacy Remixed''. Catchy riff. Fun. Very upbeat. Not ground breaking or Earth shattering.

 

[U2inUtah]

Free download of Tenderoni remix at Kele's website:

Kele / Official Site

 

[cobl04]

i heard Tenderoni the other day. wasn't very enamoured with it... it's a good club song (though i can't help but feel that beat has used and abused a million times before) but that's probably all. i'll still download the album though, pending purchase.

 

[FitzChivalry]

Spelling out "T - E - N - D -E -R- O - N -I "? Really, Kele? Really?

Stick with Bloc Party. Please.

 

[FitzChivalry]

I didn't want to start a new thread for Kele's album, so I'll just post here.

I picked up the album last night, and so far I'm really liking these 3 tunes:

Rise

Walk Tall

Hmm, the version on YouTube of 'On The Lam' is a bit different than the one on the album, especially the vocals. Well, anyway, I like that one a lot too.

 

[bono_212]

I quite liked it...once it turned into the new Bloc Party album. Not that I didn't like the first three tracks, but...I really like Kele's voice, and I couldn't even hear it on the first few. A few more listens and I think I'll be quite fond of this'n.

 

[LemonMelon]

Since I don't particularly like Bloc Party, this album sounds good to me. Not a lot of Kele on those first three tracks, but they're not my favorites either; it's hard to really fall in love with obvious (house) genre exercises like those. The rest files down Kele's more abrasive (re: obnoxious) edges but doesn't do the same to his heart or songwriting skill. It's really decent, but Silent Alarm fans will probably consider him a synth ho. I don't care, so I'll probably listen to it more often than the albums it's trying to distance itself from.

 

[nielsgov]

Well I like it. It isn't as good as the Bloc Party albums but I didn't expect it to be. My favourites are also Walk Tall and Rise.

 

[nielsgov]

So Bloc Party posted on facebook:
Wow. This is insane. Ok, we'll do something soon. Not sorry we took so long off, we were knackered, innit

And then:
To reiterate, Kele's still in the band (how could he not, he started the damn thing), but Tong's out, replaced by Dave Abbruzzese.

That's a shame. I'm glad they're still going though.

EDIT: Apparently that last bit was just a joke.

 

[bono_212]

I'm glad they've said something. Was tired of all of the garbage speculation.

 

[FitzChivalry]

I follow them all on Twitter. Russell posts the most stuff. In the past month, he's posted pics or slightly obscured pics of each of them in the studio. I also follow their manager and he made an ambiguous tweet about: "The new songs sound fucking amazing!", however, it was not definitive if he was talking specifically about Bloc Party. Even so . . .

. . . this has been me the past month:

 

[BoMac]

BBC - BBC Radio 1 Programmes - Zane Lowe, No.4 in the BBC's Sound of 2012, Kele reveals Bloc Party will be back with a new album

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Fuck yes.

 

[u2popmofo]

I can't listen right now, does he give an expected release date?

 

[mama cass]

 

[BoMac]

I didn't listen to it, but here's what someone just posted on the Bloc Party Wikipedia page:

On the 3rd of January, 2012 Kele Okereke mentioned to Zane Lowe that they have fully recorded two songs and have a further 17 demoed, he went on to mention a new album will appear in 2012.

 

[nielsgov]

 

[u2popmofo]

Thanks, BroMac.

 

[FitzChivalry]

Fuck yes.

This.

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this: