Music Under Fire

Just the fact that there are 5,118 blog posts about Bloc Party's Intimacy album alone shows that there is more than a demand for prolific English-accented vocals and a texture for a club goers and remixers. The news about Bloc Party is pure saturation really, but is well-deserved. When it comes down to it, the fact that the UK based foursome made it over to the States, then became a hit no more than three years ago, says a lot to begin with.

MP3: Bloc Party - This Modern Love (buy)

It started off with a loud bang with their 2005 release of Silent Alarm, then quickly gained more attention with a remix album. Not long after, we saw A Weekend In The City arrive, the media in England couldn't keep their hands off of Kele and his controversial appetite. It rarely works this way, but three albums have garnered themselves enough attention to go in whichever direction they choose from this point forward. Whether they put together a miserable fourth and fifth album, people will still follow, buy it and remix it. Whether Pitchfork rates them a 5.8/10 has no impact either.

MP3: Bloc Party - Sunday (buy)

This is why Bloc Party has already secured themselves on the ipods of millions as 'immortal'. They can do whatever they'd like and people will follow. Their club rock sound is cutting edge. They provide the synths and experimental percussion to veer away from the normal techno rock, but at the same time are able to ground themselves, keeping the rock elements in tact.

MP3: Bloc Party - Better Than Heaven (buy)

You can say what you want - you won't be able to ignore them from this day out. You will hear their name ten, twenty years down the road. And its true, they're not stellar at the moment - they don't liken the crowds like that of Radiohead or Coldplay - but at this rate, with 2 or 3 great songs on three albums in 3 years, in ten years, they will have an impressive Greatest Hits to complile. Sure, its hard to say now, but its hard to deny, they've got the music industry's attention in their little pocket. Congrats Bloc Party, you're in the club.

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MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/blocparty