Video: Bloc Party | Team A | Glasgow 19/06/2012

Manca poco più di un mese all'uscita di "Four": quarto - appunto - disco dei Bloc Party di cui vi avevamo segnalato il video-trailer qualche tempo fa. Un lavoro annunciato dallo stesso frontman Kele Okereke che dovrebbe confermare la riuscita del tentativo di 'ricompattare' la band dopo qualche momento di incertezza proprio di Okereke. Arriva quindi "Octopus", primo singolo estratto dall'album, con tanto di video girato in sala prove. Com'è? Solito brano con buon 'tiro', chitarre nervose e stacchi perfetti per i dancefloor indie . Nessun cambio di rotta (un [...]

Bloc Party has revealed the tracklist for its upcoming album, Four , due out August 21st via Frenchkiss Records. Of the 12 tracks included, the band has already debuted seven - "3X33, "Octopus", "Real Talk", "Kettling", "Day 43, "Team A", and "Truth" - and you can find fan footage of each performance below. Four Tracklist: 01. So He Begins To Lie 02. 3X3 03. Octopus 04. Real Talk 05. Kettling 06. Day 4 07. Coliseum 08. V.A.L.I.S. [...]

Bloc Party have unveiled the tracklisting for their fourth studio album, Four , which drops 20th August via Frenchkiss Records. 1. So He Begins To Lie 2. 3X3 3. Octopus 4. Real Talk 5. Kettling 6. Day 4 7. Coliseum 8. V.A.L.I.S. 9. Team A 10. Truth 11. The Healing 12. We're Not Good People You can take a listen to 'Team A' when [...]

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Bloc Party's anticipated fourth album, appropriately titled Four , is finally on its way. The band has just embarked on a new tour, and revealed the latest installments of the upcoming album. They played a lot of new cuts last night at their stop in Glasgow, and the footage for "3 x 33 and "Team A" turned out well enough to get a sense of what direction the band is taking. You can check out the new song below and decide for yourself whether to start getting excited for that August 21st release date. "3 [...]

Bloc Party played their first show in three years in Glasgow last night, where they performed a whopping seventeen-song set. Of the seventeen songs, seven were brand new cuts from their upcoming fourth studio LP Four . Some of the new tracks performed were "3 x 3," "Team A," "Day Four," and "Truth," and after the jump you can watch fan footage of both "3 x 3" and "Team A." As well, after the jump, you can take a look at Bloc Party's full setlist from last night as well as their massive 2012 [...]

Last night in Glasgow Bloc Party kicked off their first show in three years, playing a full set rounded out with two new tracks from their new album Four . Peep the performances as well as international summer tour dates below and head over to Stereogum for the night's full set-list. Tour: 06/20 – Manchester, England @ The Ritz 06/21 – London, England @ Koko 06/24 – Tokyo, Japan @ Ebisu Garden Hall 06/29 – Borlange, Sweden @ Peace & Love Festival 07/04 – Gdynia, Poland @ [...]

Last night, Bloc Party played their first show in three years, kicking off a world tour to introduce Four , their forthcoming fourth full-length due in August. Seven of the 17 songs performed were new, with titles like "3�3," "Real Talk," "Day Four," "Team A," and the reportedly fan-favorite "Truth." Last month, Kele had blogged about making the record, saying that he spent a year listening to just four records - "led zeppelin 4, deftones white pony, nicki minaj’s mix tape beam me up scotty and al green’s greatest hits" - though based on some of this [...]