Silent Alarm

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Later in 2016, the band released the standalone single 'Stunt Queen' to mark their performance at the Hollywood Bowl, which Okereke claimed was a "significant milestone" for the band. [100] It marks some of the first new material that featured Justin and Louise as co-writers. Radio 1 – Zane Lowe – Bloc Party live at Maida Vale". BBC. Archived from the original on 14 December 2007 . Retrieved 4 May 2008.

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They connect because their concerns are universal. Everyone knows someone like the woman suffering at the centre of‘She’s Hearing Voices’ – “She’s hearing voices call her/She’s hearing voices warn her/She just can’t sleep in her bed/She just can’t sleep.” Not being able to sleep (a clinical sign of depression, or maybe it’s just plain old heartbreak) appears elsewhere on this record; “I can’t eat, I can’t sleep/I can’t sleep, I can’t dream”, Kele sings on‘Like Eating Glass’. In the same song, there’s the latchkey kids we were or we knew in “The children sent home from school/Will not stop crying”. text[increment] +". Blogparty.blocparty.net. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011 . Retrieved 18 July 2011. Bloc Party release new single 'Keep It Rolling' featuring KennyHoopla". DIY. 2 June 2023 . Retrieved 22 July 2023. Bloc Party debut new line-up and play new songs live ahead of fifth album release - watch". NME. Archived from the original on 23 August 2015 . Retrieved 23 August 2015. Phares, Heather. "Bloc Party Bio". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 24 January 2019 . Retrieved 2 June 2018.

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