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Londoners
Bloc Party have well and truly arrived, folks. It's official!
And
to prove it their debut album Silent Alarm (Witchita Records)
is currently sitting at Number 3 in the charts. Not bad going for
a band whose rise has been little short of meteoric.
"We're
aware of the so-called expectations, but we've never really
given too much credence to that stuff..."
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bassist Gordon Moakes
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"It
hasn't really sunk in yet. Hopefully we won't peak too soon! But
obviously it's great news for everyone involved," bassist Gordon
Moakes told me when the Blocheads popped into my Saturday radio
show.
"Ever
since we got signed we've been a full-time working band, and it's
been getting steadily busier and busier but certainly it's got a
lot more intense over the last month or so," he continued.
With a clutch of music periodicals tipping them as "the band
most likely to in 2005", were they feeling any pressure to
deliver?
"Not
really. We're aware of the so-called expectations, but we've never
really given too much credence to that stuff and we're trying to
remain focused and write new material."
winning
grooves
Formed
in and around the East End, Bloc Party seem to be managing their
time in the spotlight. That may well be because the meat and potatoes,
so to speak, of this outfit are firmly about the music.
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The
band's debut album is a collection that grows and ultimately
impresses
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"We've
tried to make an album as diverse as possible without compromising
the fact that it should be listened to as a whole. In the mode of
all great records, I guess. Not to say WE think it's great, but
we are proud of it!" enthused drummer Matt Tong.
Along
with guitarists Kele Okereke and Russell Lissack, the four bring
a bunch of different influences to their collective melting pot,
as the album testifies.
From
the jerky, scratchy, winning grooves of songs 'Like Eating Glass'
and the current single 'So Here We Are' through to the more sombre,
haunting-sounding 'Blue Light', Silent Alarm is a collection
that grows and ultimately impresses.
One
Party, without question, to keep an eye and ear out for this year.
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