Bloc Party [EP]

Bloc Party | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 14, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: Dim Mak Records
• ASIN: B0002VENPA
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,163 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

BLOC PARTY Bloc Party EP (2004 US Dim Mak label 6-track CD EP featuring Banquet - Phones Disco Edit Staying Fat Shes Hearing Voices The Marshals Are Dead and The Answer issued in a picture sleeve DM069)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Punky Funky, December 19, 2004

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WrtnWrd "Hankman" (Northridge, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bloc Party (Audio CD)

This six-track EP is a perfect companion piece to Franz Ferdinand. This South London quartet riffs with the angular power of a Gang of 4 fronted by Damon Albarn. And though they do the punk rock like their forefathers, they also make with the quirky dance moves of arty folks from Essential Logic to The Rapture. Co-singers Kele Okereke and Gordon Moakes trade call-and-response over steady four-four whilst bandmates Russell Lissack and Matt Tong bash unabashedly. Their rock is so smart, in fact, that the dance remix of "Banquet" is nearly a different song, though equally as compelling as the original. Looking forward to their full-length debut later this year.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First single from Britain's "next big thing"., December 16, 2004

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M. Campbell "mhfoster" (Hermance, Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bloc Party (Audio CD)

Throughout the spring and summer of 2004, Bloc Party was being proclaimed as "the" new band to watch in the U.K. (thanks to the overeager--but justifiable--promotion of Radio 1 D.J. Zane Lowe). The video for their first single, "Banquet", is finally getting airplay in the U.S. as 2004 draws to a close (it has been on video rotation in the U.K. since the spring of 2004).

Comparisons to the art-rock of Franz Ferdinand are understandable. However, the song would also be at home on an early R.E.M. recording (think the latter's "Chronic Town" EP, particularly songs like "Stumble" or "Million".) "Banquet" shares the similar angular, lightning-quick guitar riffs that punctuate the song. Also similar to early R.E.M. is the fast-paced drum beat that kicks of the song and seems to stop as soon as it starts.

As of this writing, the band is nearly finished putting together their first full-length album. Hopefully it will make it beyond the shelves of U.K. record stores and be available in the U.S.

3.0 out of 5 stars Block this party, June 18, 2009

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IRate - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bloc Party (Audio CD)

Easy warm-up for their popular full length debut, this EP remains pretty unnecessary for all but the obsessed simply from very little compelling material remaining exclusively on here.