2012 In Preview - Bloc Party

Over the next few days we’ll be looking at what’s to come in the year ahead, and picking out some of the releases we’re most looking forward to hearing over the coming months.

Oh Bloc Party, as much as I may find your run ins with the music press amusing, you don’t do yourself any favours. Still, if it takes the “news” that Kele is being replaced as lead singer to bring you out of hiding then I guess we should be thankful for the NME’s gullibility. Because while “that” incident was pretty much all anyone would talk about, the real news came in a short statement from the band themselves;

Bloc Party is still Bloc Party. See you soon.

Since then Kele has appeared on Zane Lowe’s show and revealed that the band are currently in the process of recording their fourth album, with (as of January 3rd) two tracks recorded and 17 demoed. As you can probably guess, the prospect of a new Bloc Party album has us VERY excited.

As is often the case with bands who have successful debuts, cries of “I stopped listening after Silent Alarm” and “they should make music like Silent Alarm again” and “Kele ruined the band by doing electronic stuff :(” have been unavoidable over the past few years. So let me state this categorically for the benefit of any Silent Alarmists out there; I hate you, and you are wrong. Bloc Party are one of the best bands of the 21st Century for the very reason that they have been willing to change. Every record has been a progression from the last and, although it is seemingly heresy to say so, every record has been better than the last. And so while “Intimacy” is my favourite Bloc Party album at the moment, I know the next record will sound nothing like it. And despite this, I will love it. God Bless Bloc Party.

THE DEETS

Album Title: TBC

Release Date: Unknown

Likelihood: High