Bloc Party released 'Intimacy' (last week), playing Syracuse

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Bloc Party released 'Intimacy' (last week), playing Syracuse

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Vijay wrote in and asked, "conscious decision not to post anything on the release of the bloc party record?" oops...

"This year, record releases are like ambushes. There was a time when only hip hop albums would 'drop'; now, indie rock releases fall from the sky like ordnance as well. Earlier this year, Radiohead and Sigur Rós issued albums with indecently short lead-up times. Now east London quartet Bloc Party have joined the stealth set, revealing the completion of their third album last Monday and releasing it electronically just two days later. The hard copies arrive in October." [Guardian]

Bloc Party are playing Syracuse, NY on September 7th.

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Posted on August 25, 2008 2:58 PM

Comments (13)

boner

Posted by Anonymous | August 25, 2008 3:09 PM

man, that first album is so good, it's a shame that bloc party discovered mallternative production techniques. their next album should be limited to 2 takes on 4 tracks of tape.

Posted by Anonymous | August 25, 2008 3:19 PM

New album is soooo bad. Except for "Trojan Horse."

Posted by Anonymous | August 25, 2008 3:22 PM

yea im really perplexed to the direction these guys have taken -

Posted by Anonymous | August 25, 2008 3:38 PM

Come on! Less time concerned about a PIL reunion and more time making tracks like Helicopter! New shit is no where near the old shit.

Posted by Anonymous | August 25, 2008 4:12 PM

Its much better than A Weekend in the City. If Silent Alarm was an A-, then is in the B- range.

Donkey boner!

Posted by Randy Newman | August 25, 2008 4:26 PM

Listening now. I like it a lot.

Posted by Anonymous | August 25, 2008 4:55 PM

I likes this shitz a lot ..

Posted by Anonymous | August 25, 2008 5:11 PM

I'm waiting for Pitchfork to tell me whether or not I like it.

Posted by Anonymous | August 25, 2008 5:36 PM

you know what's really funny? when you hear your roommate listening to bloc party secretly, then proceeding to write their lyrics on little pieces of paper and put them in places like the medicine cabinet & the butter bin in the fridge. ROFLMFZAOFFFF

Posted by Anonymous | August 25, 2008 6:50 PM

should i bother with this album?

Posted by Anonymous | August 25, 2008 7:48 PM

just download it for free, that's what this kind of shit music is for.

Posted by Anonymous | August 25, 2008 8:30 PM

This album is dope! Way better than Weekend in the City. And they are still one of the best live bands out there.

Posted by BTW | August 27, 2008 9:51 AM