Bloc Party

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- Silent Alarm (Parental Advisory)
- Released 2005

- Intimacy
- Released 2008

- A Weekend in the City
- Released 2007

- Silent Alarm Remixed (Parental Advisory)
- Released 2005

biography

Equally inspired by Sonic Youth, Joy Division, Gang of Four, and the Cure, East London art punkers Bloc Party mix angular sonics with pop structures. Consisting of singer/guitarist Kele Okereke, guitarist Russell Lissack, bassist/singer Gordon Moakes, and drummer Matt Tong, the band was formerly known as Angel Range and Union before settling on Bloc Party. Okereke and Lissack met each other through mutual friends at the Reading Festival, and discovered that they had musical tastes as well as friends in common. Tong and Moakes soon joined their collaboration, and under the name Union, the quartet issued a demo in early 2003; later that year, they switched their name to Bloc Party.

The group's demo and concerts began to attract attention from both the press and their peers; Okereke sent a copy of the demo to Franz Ferdinand, who invited them to play at the Domino tenth anniversary bash in fall 2003. Early the following year, the band released one of the demo's tracks, "She's Hearing Voices," as a single on Trash Aesthetics. A few months later, Banquet/Staying Fat arrived on Moshi Moshi. That spring, Bloc Party signed to Wichita to release their full-length album in the U.K., and to Dim Mak for U.S. distribution. The band spent summer 2004 recording and touring. Late that summer, Bloc Party, which collected the band's first two singles, arrived in the States. Their debut album, Silent Alarm, appeared early in 2005 and was released by Vice Records in the States to widespread acclaim. Later that year, Silent Alarm Remixed capitalized on the band's burgeoning popularity, as did the 2006 EP Helicopter. A Weekend in the City, Bloc Party's second proper album, followed in 2007. A Weekend in the City leaked onto the Internet months before the album's street date, which inspired Bloc Party to issue their third album, Intimacy, online in late summer 2008; the album was released on compact disc that fall. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

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- - thisisblocparty: RT @trekstock We've got the last remaining 'limited edition' @ThisisBlocParty t-shirts in the shop http://tinyurl.com/yfqxc4a
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  - thisisblocparty: RT @trekstock We've got the last remaining 'limited edition' @ThisisBlocParty t-shirts in the shop http://tinyurl.com/yfqxc4a

- - thisisblocparty: People of bournemouth, we're making an effort for halloween (tomorrow!!!), we expect the same from you. Don't disappoint us.
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  - thisisblocparty: People of bournemouth, we're making an effort for halloween (tomorrow!!!), we expect the same from you. Don't disappoint us.

- - thisisblocparty: Live in Brazil... http://bit.ly/4cWm8s
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  - thisisblocparty: Live in Brazil... http://bit.ly/4cWm8s

- - thisisblocparty: playing in sao paulo last year... but it's only just been released (we're not THAT slow): http://bit.ly/4cWm8s
  - - 10/26/2009
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  - thisisblocparty: playing in sao paulo last year... but it's only just been released (we're not THAT slow): http://bit.ly/4cWm8s

- - thisisblocparty: Newport cancelled... http://bit.ly/XJ8jr
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  - thisisblocparty: Newport cancelled... http://bit.ly/XJ8jr

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- - Wicked Sweet
  - - By BlazingOnyx
    - 9/1/2009 03:19:01
  - Firstly, might i just say that this is the best band EVER in the history of man. And that i am 100% in agreement with Whoever posted the "I'm in Love" comment. I fit the description exactly as well, though i would probably have Matt and Kele switch places :3
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- - The Prayer
  - - By Sassy Kitten
    - 5/21/2009 23:37:25
  - The best song ever is The Prayer. I can listen to it for hours!
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- - I'm in Love
  - - By SupaSyd23
    - 12/5/2008 04:18:15
  - Being:
    one- an amrerican
    two- a girl
    & three- black,
    
    it's hard to find one just as obsessed as me.
    I love them so much, i have yet to hate a song they're made, even "american kids"
    i love them no matter what, i want to have kele's kids & hug russell till i can't anymore,
    have tea and a intellectual conversation with grody and play video games with matt :)
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- - Intimacy
  - - By ManuelOrell
    - 11/4/2008 04:29:59
  - This album is an All killer none Filler!!!!, They are Awesome!!
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- - One of the Best
  - - By PooPKoopa
    - 9/17/2008 16:51:07
  - I can't get enough of these guys. Biko, Sunday, and This Modern Love are my favorite songs.
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