Bloc Party - Intimacy

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Bloc Party - Intimacy

“It’s easy to hear why Bloc Party decided to rush release the digital edition of its third studio disc in August. Full of jagged guitar riffs, forward-motion drum beats and air-siren keyboard lines—not to mention a true-to-its-title lyrical focus on the excruciating end of a romantic relationship—”Intimacy” is the English dance-punk outfit’s most urgent-sounding effort yet, and frontman Kele Okereke and his bandmates probably couldn’t bear the thought of waiting two or three months for it to be heard. As it happens, the album’s heat hasn’t cooled yet. On such tracks as opener “Ares,” “Trojan Horse” and “Mercury” (the album’s drum’n'bass-inspired lead single) Bloc Party generates a textural and emotional intensity that it has only hinted at in the past.—Mikael Wood”