Bloc Party / Silent Alarm – CD (Used)

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Author: Bloc Party

Brand: WACR2

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Format: Explicit Lyrics

Release Date: 22-03-2005

Details: Product DescriptionBloc Party are one of the great indie-crossover bands that keep popping up. ‘Silent Alarm’ includes the singles ‘Helicopter’, ‘Banquet’ & ‘So Here We Are’. Vice. 2005.Amazon.caStyled more along the lines of a revolutionary cell than a band, Bloc Party approach the medium of rock’n’roll with the sort of high seriousness usually reserved for philosophy lectures. Yet onSilent Alarm, this « autonomous unit » of smart, wiry London youth don’t just succeed in reinvigorating the artform–they come pretty close to reinventing it from the ground up. Whereas early singles like « She’s Hearing Voices » found the band still attempting to chisel their own image out of familiar post-punk reference points–The Fall, Joy Division, and Gang Of Four, to name but three–newer tracks such as « Like Eating Glass » and the prickly « Price Of Gas » find Bloc Party pioneering a freshly-minted template of staccato percussion, expansive soundscapes, and cryptic lyrics that artfully straddle the political and the personal. Russell Lissack has forsaken that overdone hallmark of post-punk, brittle tortured-fretboard skronk, in favor of an effects-laden guitar sound that adds genuine prettiness to Bloc Party’s edgy rush. But it’s Kele Okereke’s vocal that’s the band’s most flexible facet, morphing from frothing anger to breathless desperation. « Are you hoping for a miracle? » he bays, on « Helicopter ». Yes? WellSilent Alarm ably fits the bill.–Louis Pattison

UPC: 075679381521

EAN: 0075679381521

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood