History
The band were formed by schoolmates James Cooney (vocals/drums) and Jono Graham (guitar) in 2009 over their mutual appreciation for the Bloc Party album Silent Alarm . Tom Davis (guitar) and Andrew Knox (bass guitar) soon joined the band, and new material was composed. [1]
Bloc Party are an English rock band, composed of Kele Okereke, Russell Lissack, Justin Harris and Louise Bartle. Former members Matt Tong and Gordon Moakes left the band in 2013 and 2015 respectively. Their brand of music, whilst rooted in rock, retains elements of other genres such as electronica and house music. The band was formed at the 1999 Reading Festival by Okereke and Lissack. They went through a variety of names before settling on Bloc Party in 2003. Moakes joined the band after answering an advert in NME magazine, while Tong was picked via an audition. Bloc Party got their break by giving BBC Radio 1 DJ Steve Lamacq and Franz Ferdinand's lead singer, Alex Kapranos, a copy of their demo "She's Hearing Voices".
Silent Alarm is the debut studio album by British indie rock band Bloc Party. Recorded in Copenhagen and London in mid-2004 with producer Paul Epworth, it was released in February 2005 on Wichita Recordings. The record peaked at number three on the United Kingdom Albums Chart. In the United States, it entered the Billboard 200 at number 114 and the Billboard Top Independent Albums at number seven. The double A-side "So Here We Are/Positive Tension", "Banquet", and "Pioneers" were released as singles. Silent Alarm went on to achieve worldwide sales of over one million copies.
In February 2009, the band released an eponymous four-track EP. In October of the same year, their first single "Oxford Decor" was released. The band then recorded and released the single "Pairs" in April 2010. Both "Oxford Decor" and "Pairs" received late-night music television attention, and the band was featured on Australian radio station Triple J. [2]
Triple J is a government-funded, national Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners of alternative music, which began broadcasting in January 1975. The station also places a greater emphasis on broadcasting Australian content compared to commercial stations. Triple J is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Their first full-length album Sights and Sounds was released in February 2012. The album included "Pairs" and a re-recorded version of a track from their debut EP, titled "Evening Weather." [3] The album was shortlisted for the 2012 Australian Music Prize. The band began to tour, including playing at The Great Escape Festival in the UK in May 2013. [4]
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Shortly after posting the singles "Follow the Fool" and "History" (of which a video was released) to their SoundCloud profile, [5] the band released their second full-length album on 1 November 2013, titled Tame All Those Thoughts (based on a lyric from "History"). [6]
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On 23 April 2014, an announcement was made on their Facebook page that they would be entering an indefinite hiatus after member Tom Davis accepted a job in animation in Canada. [7]
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