Bloc Party – Alpha Games (Black Vinyl)

Standard Edition Black Vinyl.

Ambition. Corruption. Covetousness. Dysfunction. Dominance and submission. Getting what you want - at any cost. whatever it takes. Burning bridges. Separations. Losing sight of out of sight. Playing its cards. Sleight of hand. These are just some of the themes and energies that bubble and bubble beneath the surface of "Alpha Games", the sixth Bloc Party album, are bubbling and are about to on the verge of erupting. Thereby the songs of "Alpha Games" already have a few years under their belt. the first seeds for it were planted in 2018 and 2019 during the extremely sown during the extremely successful Silent Alarm tour. With its spiky riffs and relentless forward-driving drums, the driving drums, "Alpha Games" feels almost breathless and incredibly breathless and incredibly intense - the narrative lyrics, seem to lyrics, seem to straight up ensnare the listener. It is - as Justin Harris describes it - "future-oriented, with a strong allusion to the energy of the past. past." "Alpha Games" feels like a rebirth, where the core energy of Bloc Party is channeled through a fresh, new take.