Bloc Party
 

Ok I think this is the right genre. So I've heard about 3 songs by bloc party and I think they're freaking amazing...but I was just wondering if anyone has there album and whether it's any good, because I'm fed up of liking one song, buying an album and only listening to that song...so anybody know?

I think they're touring with pretty girls make graves in march but they're sold out I think so there's no way of seeing them live, I thought I'd compensate by buying the CD if it's good.

(For those who wish to know I've heard 'helicoptor','Banquet' and 'so here we are')

i just bought the album yesterday and to me its very edgy, energetic "art-rock" if you will. helicoptor and banquet are class and though i think so here we are is quite spineless, overall the album is worth buying, stand out tracks for me are the obvious two plus this modern love and positive tension- which incidentaly- rules.

Yeah it's a good record, Banquet is the stand out on there but the rest of it is very solid. Good debut, hopefully something they'll build on.

I like what I've heard thus far. Uh.... I don't know what else to say.
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I might actually get around to hearing the album one day

I've never listened to the album either, but I have downloaded a lot of songs and they just haven't made much of an impression

Well i`ve heard the album now.

Can`t say i`m too impressed , It`s alright but nothing i`ve not heard before.

I'm not sure if newbies have any rights to opinions here, but here goes... Well the first ooohhh.... seven songs are utterly flan-tastic, but it all starts getting a bit samey and whatnot t'wards the end. Still, Helicopter and She's Hearing Voices alone warrant it at least an "8". I'm interested to see what they do next seeming as they have a really varied sound on Silent Alarm... Watch this space... WATCH IT! Ahem... Thank you

A really varied sound?

I guess it is , I mean some of the songs sound like Franz Ferdinand & the rest of them sound like the Strokes

Zing! Yeah but what about track 3, She's Hearing Voices.... Pigeonhole that! Some of their stuff is actually quite *shivers*...emo...

bloc party also make me cringe.*cringes*

Sub standard Joy Division

And it`s track 6
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Track 6? Well it's three on mine... You know on the version you buy LEGALLY... In anyways- it's a step on from joy divis.... **** OK Wrong song name :yikes: :crazy: *Face turns redder than a smacked arse* I meant Positive Tension... Whoops... Well the same question is posed.


And for the record (or C.D , whatever you bought it on) I agree about Shes Hearing Voices and Joy Divsion. Sorry!!! :usehead:

I`ll give you that song , it is one of the better ones on the album.

But it`s still something i`ve heard a million times before

I think they're given such a high rating because of theie whole "we're a ragtag bunch of nerds and geeks like you who get picked on in school and (possibly) masturbate too much" aura. That's nothing partiularly new but it does make one think "Well if they can do it, so can I". Dammit, I will do it... Then you'll see... Then you'll ALL see... *Sob* Sorry it's an emotional time (The OC is on)

I think it`s more snobbery on the part of the British music press more than anything.

For example I saw The Bravery`s new single get trashed in one paper for being 'The same old early 80s new wave imitation that everybodys doing' which is ironic really because Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand and all the rest of them are doing the exact same thing & getting praised to high heaven for it. Although personally I think The Bravery do it far better than those bands , but of course the Bravery are American , which probably counts for everything

Critics are giving the perception that these bands are just pilfering history for a tune... I see it more like a continuation of the New Wave stuff. Todays acts are picking up were it was all left off for Acid and Grunge and Britpop... Let it continue, I say, especially when were getting quality like The Killers and The Bravery, and yes, Bloc Party. And Honest Mistake is a ****er (kicker) of a song, but not nearly as goo as Uncoditional.

You had to go spoil it by mentioning the Killers :(

yeah i have to admit im not the biggest killers fan but i like one of their songs though.. mr brightside! its just so happy! *thinks of bloc party and cringes*

You`re doing an awful lot of cringing tonight babe

i know yes.their the two bands that make me do it the most though..white POXY stripes and bloc POXY party!

Oh c'mon y'all only hate Brandon and the Boys (Ok now THAT was cringeworthy) cause there so mainstream... I GOT SOUL BUT I'M NOT A SOLDIER

I`m sure there`s a Roxy Music joke in there somewhere but I can`t be assed to find one

dude your from ireland??? HOORAH

Why does every single person in Dubin hate the White Stripes? I swear I was the only non-bogger at the Marlay park gig last yeat

No , I like a lot of mainstream bands.

I just hate albums with 1 or 2 half decent songs & the rest made up of watered down crud.

i dunno what it is about them dude.you went to SEE them? oh id rather attempt to eat my own back than attend that!!

Well Im from Ireland... Don't know about the "dude" part though....

i dunno what it is about them dude.you went to SEE them? oh id rather attempt to eat my own back than attend that!!

Well at least i was late so I avoided Peaches and Mundy.... Seriously MUNDY supporting the Stripes... Oh my my my

Wait... Isn't this a Bloc Party thread... Whatever... Nice Jeff B pic...

dont even get me STARTED on mundy.so many words.so little time!

I`m guessing most of those words would come out looking like this


**** **** ******** ***** **** *****

urban my darling??where have you gone? i cant get my msn to work! *bursts into tears*

no wait.there you are.haha! yes exactly it!! hehe!

So if you hate Bloc Party, the White Stripes and Mundy (well ok, everyone's united in that) then who do you actually like... I swear to Donkey if you say Embrace.... :ar_15s: :ar_15s: :ar_15s: :ar_15s:

well..embrace! HAHAHA! not really! JEFF BUCKLEY,radiohead,zutons,KOL,FKOS,QOTSA,damien rice,walkmen,my chemical romance,RATM,elliot smith maybe? to name but a few.oh.willy mason.

argh embrace just exemplify everything thats wrong with british indie at the moment. for the most part its all either spineless, sappy anthemic rubbish like athlete, thirteen senses, and even feeder now, yes feeder, "britians own smashing pumpkins" at one time. whats happened to all the prog, edgy and slightly sinister or completely warped, pysche indie of yesteryear?

You forgot the Kings of Snooze themselves: Keane... Although you can't help but like them can you. It's a well-worn cliche at this point but this is all down to Coldplay. The difference is they actually pull it off with style, majesty, and some ****ing good tunes.

Easily done

Who were we talking about?