May 312009
Year: 2008
From their album “Intimacy.” I went to the Bloc Party a few weeks ago, and realized how hopelessly far behind I was on their music. There I was, thinking every other song would be from Silent Alarm, or one of the few singles I’d heard from their two latest albums, “Intimacy,” and “A Weekend in the City,” when most of their songs were from one of those two. And they were good. Bloc Party has this uncanny ability to use electronica elements, but keep the raw energy of their music alive with Kele’s soulful vocals and Matt Tong’s spirited drumming.