I think people will see that when they hear the record. There were some edgier, Wire-y moments, but there are also some moments that we’ve not really explored before. I’ve read a few things suggesting you’re getting back to your post-punk roots.įor us, it was really about taking everything that we knew and had learned over the years that we’ve been making records and just trying to make something that was the perfect synthesis of what we were as a band, what we enjoy naturally. It’s sonically very different from Hymns. We knew that this time around, we didn’t really want that. With our previous record Hymns, Russell and I had made that record on our own in the studio. We felt we wanted something that had some kind of energy to it. The only real guiding principle was fired up by the energy from those Silent Alarm shows.
KELE OKEREKE: There wasn’t really so much of a concise overview whilst making the record. Read more: Bloc Party release “If We Get Caught” ahead of ‘Alpha Games’-listen What were you trying to do musically and artistically with this project? As much as it might feel like the result of a grand plan, the record came about from four musicians meeting each other in the middle. Even so, the record never loses sight of the signature sound and energy that makes the band so unique. The latest result of the evolutionary process, Alpha Games brings a distinctive warmth and sincerity to the band’s sound.
Okereke has never followed a carefully mapped trajectory, rather responding to where he is at come the end of a given project.Īs a result, his own output is varied, from albums that capture Bloc Party’s distinctive sound, rooted in angular riffs and propulsive rhythms, to expressive solo records and even a musical. With their latest album, Alpha Games, featuring Kele Okereke (vocals/guitar), Russell Lissack (guitar), Justin Harris (bass) and Louise Bartle (drums), the band arrive at something unique in their catalog. Bloc Party have continually evolved as a group from release to release.
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