Late last week Bloc Party released their new LP Intimacy online, after keeping the recording a secret (apparently only 10 people knew about the plan). They announced its web release just three days before it was available.
I’ve finally had a chance to download and listen - and I love it. It continues down the slightly experimental electronica road the band has been taking, but does not travel too far away from the essence of Bloc Party.
Singer Kele Okereke says the album is about a relationship he had.
He tells Rolling Stone “I went through a breakup at the end of ...