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. The band signed to Wichita in 2004 to release its full-length album in the U.K., and to Dim Mak for U.S. distribution. The resulting 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 group's burgeoning popularity, as did the 2006 EP Helicopter. A Weekend in the City, Bloc Party's second proper album, followed in 2007. ~ Heather Phares

Top Tracks

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• Banquet

• Blue Light

• I Still Remember

• Ion Square

• Like Eating Glass

• Mercury

• Staying Fat

• The Prayer

• This Modern Love

• Waiting For The 7:18

• Zephyrus

Discography

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• Intimacy Remixed

  Wichita / Polydor

  2009

• Intimacy

  Atlantic

  2008

• A Weekend in the City

  Vice Records / Vice/Atlantic

  2007