Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

[DudeAsInCool]

Styled more along the lines of a revolutionary cell than a band, Bloc Party approach the medium of rock'n'roll with the sort of high seriousness usually reserved for philosophy lectures. Yet on their debut album, Silent Alarm, this "autonomous unit" of smart, wiry London youth don't just succeed in reinvigorating the artform – they come pretty close to reinventing it from the ground up.

-Louis Pattison - Amazon.co.uk Review

[Potato]

I have some of their stuff. Not bad.

[DudeAsInCool]

Bloc Party

Silent Alarm

[Wichita/V2; 2005]

Rating 8.9

Building on the success of their early singles and EP, the UK's Bloc Party draw from the darker end of their homeland's 1980s indie pop canon to create a powerful debut LP. The silly bandname may bely their sober and resolute sound, but it's of little consequence in the shadow of this record's charismatic sophistication and outstanding songwriting that emphasizes substance-over-style, contrasting with their peers in Interpol and Franz Ferdinand. [Added February 14]

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