Comments on BLOG PARTY.: 'Intimacy'...out now!

I think one of the best things about Bloc Party is...

2008-10-31T01:04:00.000+00:00

I think one of the best things about Bloc Party is that they are always changing and each album is so different from the last, yet still really recognisable. That's why not everyone will like every album if what originally attracted them wasn't that indescribable Bloc-ness. And I always find Bloc Party hard to like on the first hearing because it's so layered and it's difficult to know where to start listening. But once you're used to it it's easier to into.
Personally, I really love this album and the fact that some people don't. Because by not doing more of the same and pandering to Silent-Alarm-only fans or whatever, Bloc Party are proving that making music is still an art for them.

please, change the review of "Ion Square" it has g...

2008-10-09T17:05:00.000+01:00

please, change the review of "Ion Square" it has got to be one of the most beautiful songs i have ever heard and that review does not do it an ounce of justice. It has lyrics that are so amazing, they are incomparable, i mean:

"And I reach out a hand over your side of the bed
pull the cover over your shoulders exposed to the night and the hunger of those early years will never return
but i dont mind, i dont mind
'cos i love my mind when i'm fucking you
slowed down, to a crawl
years of crime and the breadline
not at all, dimmed your shine
So lets stay in, let the sofa be our car!
Lets stay in, let the t.v. be our stars!
I found my dancing shoes
but they don't fit
All the bright lights do is bore me
they bore me, they bore me
I carry your heart, here with me
I carry it in, my heart"

Please change it, you said it could grow on you... hopefully it has

I LOVE THE NEW ALBUM AND MIGHT BE THE BEST SO FAR, EVERY SONG IS UNREAL, UNDISCRIBABLE!!
Long Live The Bloc!!!

I read lot of press articles about Intimacy...'cos...

2008-09-21T13:18:00.000+01:00

I read lot of press articles about Intimacy...'cos I felt disappointed when I've listened it. This is not Indie Rock anymore, is kind of Chemical Bros album. I cannot recognize the original sounds that shocked me on previous 2 albums. There's a lot of enthusiasm about Ares track, but I find it so unsensed, noisy and annoying. Silent Alarm was great, AWITC was outstanding this is...sad.

take the synths away from the songs! Seems a good ...

2008-08-26T00:14:00.000+01:00

take the synths away from the songs! Seems a good album but sometimes is just cacofonic or too electric.
Ion square it's a great end, I thik Mercury is the weakest.I'd prefer Flux, that's a good use for the synths.

A triumph. Biko is so so good.

2008-08-25T23:19:00.000+01:00

A triumph. Biko is so so good.

Ion Square, Better Than Heaven, Signs, Biko are al...

2008-08-25T18:05:00.000+01:00

Ion Square, Better Than Heaven, Signs, Biko are all 5 stars.

The rest are 4 stars apart from Mercury on 3 stars...

Haven't been this impressed by an album for too long... Already surpasses AWITC for me and is equally as interesting as Silent Alarm, but will it have the staying power?

Incredibly work, faith restored. This is why I spent 50% of Leeds Festival wondering about what it would sound like.

Can't wait for the new tracks on October 27th.

It's an album that will grow on you. I like it, an...

2008-08-24T13:00:00.000+01:00

It's an album that will grow on you.
I like it, and now I cannot wait till October to hear a couple of new songs.

ONE MONTH OFF = AMAZING

2008-08-24T10:23:00.000+01:00

ONE MONTH OFF = AMAZING

this albumshocked me at firsti was like ah its all...

2008-08-24T08:05:00.001+01:00

this album
shocked me at first
i was like
ah its all so different
i dunno what ot think
but i think its great i mean
yeh its dfferent
but you can still tell its
bloc party
they havnt completely changed.
the things that make them bloc party are still there.
i love it all.
and like theyre other albums theyre mood changes so dramamtically in each song

the album is great
i love ares, signs,biko and trojan horse the best.

well done boys!
x

this albumshocked me at firsti was like ah its all...

2008-08-24T08:05:00.000+01:00

Okay, so I've had a couple of days to give the new...

2008-08-23T19:25:00.000+01:00

Okay, so I've had a couple of days to give the new album a few listens - it really made the drive to school on Friday pass much quicker.

I'll try to keep it brief. I wasn't quite blown away by "Intimacy," but it's overall a very good effort and you can clearly hear Kele and the band maturing sonically. There are glimpses of the best of both of the previous albums, which is a good thing.

Individually, like AWITC, few songs really stand out. "Halo" is Bloc Party back at their Silent Alarm best, and I thought "Signs" and the way the glock is used there was fantastic. But the real moment of the album for me is far and away "Ion Square." What an epic closer, I'm already salivating about the prospect of hearing it live.

A lot of people seem to be on the fence about "Ares," but it's really grown on me. It reminds me a little bit of "Like Eating Glass," except on steroids or something.

And yeah, "Mercury" is awful. I'm sorry, but it nearly ruins the album. However, I'm sure that it'll be made up for with some phenomenal b-sides.

Nice write-up but I can't disagree more with Ion S...

2008-08-23T17:25:00.000+01:00

Nice write-up but I can't disagree more with Ion Square. There is no way that, that song is the weakest on the entire album. It's one of the most beautiful songs featured on it and one of their best songs ever.

I think BIKO is such a brilliant song. Cancer affe...

2008-08-23T17:21:00.000+01:00

I think BIKO is such a brilliant song. Cancer affects everyone directly or indirectly and i think BP have captured the emotions of those who love a sufferer. My #1 chocie for single the album is phenomenal BP fan for years and this is best yet. The infusions of different sounds across the board of songs is staggering. There is no weakness to this album the only thing i not sure about still is 'Mercury', i was expecting a shock with this album but i am in awe of the album. Almost lost for words i think it is that good!! Perfect 10

As a "Silent Alarm" and "Weekend in the City" and ...

2008-08-23T16:51:00.000+01:00

As a "Silent Alarm" and "Weekend in the City" and pretty much every b-side lover, I am extremely disappointed with "Intimacy". With "Biko", "Signs", and "Ion Square" coming in at 4 stars, "Ares" and "Mercury" at 1 and 2 stars, and the rest at 3 stars. I find it to just be a electro breakbeat twist on their b-sides and a-sides of their "A Weekend in the City" era. It really seems as nothing new though, just taking parts of their previous work and adding electro twists to it, instead of producing something great that the older die hard fans will love.

I ve been a BP fan for years, working in record st...

2008-08-23T03:36:00.000+01:00

I ve been a BP fan for years, working in record stores for 10 years, I could put on any BP song and people would immediately ask what was playing. For a band to write music like they have is absolutely ground breaking. I have heard quite a few bands over the years and all this anticipation about their next album, blah, blah. I have complete confidence that BP will be whatever they want to be not what we as fans want them to be, which is key as musicians would think. They should never write another album like Silent Alarm, if they did all you naysayers would be complaining about how they won't evolve, blah, blah. There are many bands that think to write the same album twice they are safe to maintain popularity. This is not a pissing contest, this their career. I hate it when "fans" write about disappoint in the band's choice of direction. BP are not cookie cutters nor do I think ever will be. Bravo to the band for taking chances, Kele's vocals are amazing on every track, the album is mixed extremely well. If any of you wankers can't hear the real drums in the mix than stop listening to music, it's all their, they have made an album, nothing short of brilliance. All the tracks are brilliant. I read that someone said they rushed this one? Writing music does not have a timeline nor should it, their is much thought process in this band, the songs are in their head before they even write, it's getting them out that has the timeline.

To kinda touch on what someone said... Halo does k...

2008-08-22T20:45:00.000+01:00

To kinda touch on what someone said... Halo does kinda sound like Rooftops by Lost Prophets

But I hated when they said Ion Square was the weakest track. Poo on you, and then some for that. Ion Square is a masterpiece, perhaps their magnum opus. And I want to see an Electric Proms thing w/ it. This song feels like a weird techno slow dance song, which is cool. In general the album is ace.
God Bless Bloc Party

Fantastic album. Like many, after 'Mercury' was re...

2008-08-22T13:13:00.000+01:00

Fantastic album. Like many, after 'Mercury' was released I was a little worried about what this album would be like but I needn't have.

Favourite Track = 'Better Than Heaven'
Very Good = 'Biko', 'Signs', 'Ion Square'
Good = 'Ares', 'Zephyrus'

Even though I love the guitars, oddly enough it's the less guitar-y songs that are emerging as my favourites on this album!

Im stil not sure if i like this or not, some of th...

2008-08-22T08:43:00.000+01:00

Im stil not sure if i like this or not, some of the tracks are awesome, but some just feel as if the belong to another band. It would be interesting to know if all members of Bloc are actually happy with the album or wether they should have spent more time on it, perhaps different song choices and released the whole thing in Oct.

As other peolpe have said i think that this perhaps was a bit rushed, maybe they just wanted something out before they played Reading?

Key Tracks:Better Than HeavenSignsHaloTrojan Horse...

2008-08-22T04:40:00.001+01:00

Key Tracks:

Better Than Heaven
Signs
Halo
Trojan Horse

Meh:

Mercury
Ares

I definitely didn't think this album was going to ...

2008-08-22T04:40:00.000+01:00

I definitely didn't think this album was going to sound the way it does. I'm happy for BP.

I LOVE SIGNS.The song grabbed me from the first no...

2008-08-22T04:20:00.000+01:00

I LOVE SIGNS.

The song grabbed me from the first note and Kele's voice just sounds spectacular on the track.

Overall I really like Intimacy. Even Mercury - which made me roll my eyes and wonder what was going on with my favorite band - has been in my head for the past couple days now.

Thank you Bloc Party for taking chances with the music and putting together a special album.

I love the album so far, but I have problems with ...

2008-08-22T02:30:00.000+01:00

I love the album so far, but I have problems with the mix. I feel like a lot of the songs are muddled in that things have just been flattened. I want the drums to KICK and I want Kele's voice OUT and I want the guitars swooping in and out and the bass holding down the pocket... Instead, the guitars are just at the top, the bass way too heavy, the drums lost in the background, and Kele somewhere in the middle.

I hate overly produced songs for the most part (I'm not talking Mercury or Kid A - those are just experimenting and having fun) but this just shows that they rushed this a bit. I'm hoping the physical is a bit better (speaking of - anyone know if there's a vinyl in cards?)

I agree with the call regarding Kele's vocal melod...

2008-08-22T02:21:00.000+01:00

I agree with the call regarding Kele's vocal melodies becoming highly predictable, I thought this before intimacy came out. When I heard Ares I was pumped because the vocal delivery was original (to kele, perhaps not to dizzee) and sounded awesome. This is where Mercury stands out as well, the vocal melodies are original. Too many songs use the same inflections, particularly verses.

Also, I wonder how this is going to pulled off live? And pulled off well...

I could listen to Bloc Party forever.I think it's ...

2008-08-22T02:15:00.000+01:00

I could listen to Bloc Party forever.

I think it's much more tender than A weekend in the city. Definately feels like a mature album.

Intimacy is still no silent alarm. Silent alarm wa...

2008-08-22T00:57:00.000+01:00

Intimacy is still no silent alarm. Silent alarm was so white, where as the newer albums are somehow too busy. Halo and Trojan Horse are by far the best on the album as they give the same spine tingle the original album gave right the way through. There are a few good growers, and the tracks in October should help balance things out. Also I guess there will be a few B sides in the future which is always good...