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Bloc Party

Bloc Party's songs are packed full of propulsive, angular, taut guitar riffs, haunting vocal interplay and repetition, assault-ready drumming, and clever lines you'll be repeating for weeks to come. Relentlessly focused on originality, this up-and-coming East London quartet temper post-punk anthems with pop hooks and driving rhythms to get the blood flowing and the feet moving. Their stated influences are all over the map (Stanley Kubrick, Sonic Youth, and Richard Brautigan for starters), although they place sonically closest to Gang of Four, The Cure, and Wire. Followers and friends of Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party differentiate themselves from the pack by taking on art-rock with a hungry punk aesthetic and an absolutely infectious energy.

Bloc Party - She's Hearing Voices
Bloc Party - The Answer
Bloc Party - Tulips
Bloc Party - Banquet

Bloc Party Official Web Site. Silent Alarm is officially released on March 22nd in the United States. Buy from Amazon.

Posted by Queen of the Front Row at 02.06.05 at 10:34 PM

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