View Full Version : So the new Bloc Party album...
skanky80
11-13-06, 01:14 PM
was pretty disappointing after the first listen.
Thoughts?
informerx
11-13-06, 03:11 PM
wtf link it up!
skanky80
11-13-06, 09:47 PM
hxxp://download.yousendit.com/05E28 E9C077711C4
just take the space out. im only uploading this once.
informerx
11-13-06, 11:18 PM
hxxp://download.yousendit.com/05E28 E9C077711C4
just take the space out. im only uploading this once.
Props didn't think it really leaked
whoa... i didn't even know this was set to come out. good looks!
informerx
11-13-06, 11:36 PM
Man this is totally different than what I thought. I thought Uniform was going to be a epic song from the live version I heard but they totally ruined it. This whole album is pretty bad to me. In fact if I would of never heard Silent Alarm before this I wouldn't give them a chance. One of my favorite bands goes down the drain! :thumbsdow
informerx
11-14-06, 12:06 AM
I like it quite a bit.
All the energy that made the first album great is gone.
skanky80
11-14-06, 12:18 AM
I like it quite a bit.
All of the songs I really liked off of Silent Alarm were more upbeat and catchy then whats on here (Price Of Gas, Banquet, Helicopter, Positive Tension). Might get better with repeated listenings, but as of right now I'm pretty let down.
All the energy that made the first album great is gone.
That was definitely something that I was expecting based on some of the interviews following the first record. Based on what I read it seemed that they felt a conscious effort had to be made for them to distance themselves from all the other post-punk/Gang of Four-influenced bands.
I can't blame 'em I don't know if I'd like to be grouped with The Killers, The Bravery, She Wants Revenge, etc. smh @ them going on tour with Panic! At the Disco.
skanky80
11-14-06, 12:36 AM
. smh @ them going on tour with Panic! At the Disco.
Its bad enough they are on tour with them, but opening for them? That is beyond lame.
Its bad enough they are on tour with them, but opening for them? That is beyond lame.
Well, at least that'll give folks a chance to leave. I just keep telling myself that their label pressured 'em to do it.
informerx
11-14-06, 09:51 AM
That was definitely something that I was expecting based on some of the interviews following the first record. Based on what I read it seemed that they felt a conscious effort had to be made for them to distance themselves from all the other post-punk/Gang of Four-influenced bands.
I can't blame 'em I don't know if I'd like to be grouped with The Killers, The Bravery, She Wants Revenge, etc. smh @ them going on tour with Panic! At the Disco.
They might of been part of the "gang of four-influenced bands" but they did it better than any of them. Will let this album settle for a few days and give another listen though. When is the actual release date cause this does not sound like a mastered version?
Mr. Machete
11-14-06, 02:05 PM
Silent Alarm wasn't that great either IMO, it fell off after the first few songs. I never understood the hype for this band.
dee-mac
11-14-06, 02:22 PM
:gag:
They might of been part of the "gang of four-influenced bands" but they did it better than any of them. Will let this album settle for a few days and give another listen though. When is the actual release date cause this does not sound like a mastered version?
No argument there.
GoldiggaHater
11-14-06, 11:27 PM
its just an advance
Profasi
11-15-06, 12:09 AM
Silent Alarm wasn't that great either IMO, it fell off after the first few songs. I never understood the hype for this band.
c/s
first single still the best song they've made
c/s
first single still the best song they've made
lol
Eddie Bryant
11-15-06, 01:33 AM
I thought Silent Alarm was a breathtakingly beautiful album. Aside from the upbeat tracks like "Like Eating Glass," "Helicopter," and "Banquet," the songs that got me thinking that this was more than just an ordinary album (and Bloc Party more than an ordinary band) were "Blue Light," "So Here We Are," "Plans," and "This Modern Love." Especially "Blue Light" and "This Modern Love," what kind of mind do you have to have and how do you have to see the world to be able to write those songs? I want to become a writer and hearing songs like these is inspiring because it's how I see what art is; capture everything about a moment in your life in four minutes and then let it go as if nothing had happened. It's an album that I listen to driving around aimlessly on a Tuesday night. I haven't listened to this album enough to get a good idea of what's happening, but I really think that Bloc Party is one of those bands that, while they might not save rock n roll, they can be the soundtrack to those small moments in everyone's life.
"Kreuzberg" on this new album is that kind of song.
I thought Silent Alarm was a breathtakingly beautiful album. Aside from the upbeat tracks like "Like Eating Glass," "Helicopter," and "Banquet," the songs that got me thinking that this was more than just an ordinary album (and Bloc Party more than an ordinary band) were "Blue Light," "So Here We Are," "Plans," and "This Modern Love." Especially "Blue Light" and "This Modern Love," what kind of mind do you have to have and how do you have to see the world to be able to write those songs? I want to become a writer and hearing songs like these is inspiring because it's how I see what art is; capture everything about a moment in your life in four minutes and then let it go as if nothing had happened. It's an album that I listen to driving around aimlessly on a Tuesday night. I haven't listened to this album enough to get a good idea of what's happening, but I really think that Bloc Party is one of those bands that, while they might not save rock n roll, they can be the soundtrack to those small moments in everyone's life.
"Kreuzberg" on this new album is that kind of song. Have you checked out their DVD? It's pretty cool.
nineteen80sbaby
11-16-06, 05:30 PM
I skimmed through it last nite real quick, it sounds like it could be really good but the quality is ehh.
Skee-lo
11-16-06, 06:16 PM
I've listened through it a few times, I personally think it sounds excellent.
I'm pleased they haven't strayed too far which is what I was expecting given some of the interviews.
Sort of agree about the lack of songs like Positive Tension though. would have been nice. there are bits, like Song For Clay, but not as much as perhaps hoped.
informerx
11-20-06, 10:47 AM
So I gave the album another listen and it has actually grown on me. I first went in thinking I was going to get another Silent Alarm but this album is still pretty good. Still kind of saddened that there aren't as many energetic songs but I can live with it. Still need a better quality version of the songs to give a real rating though.
nineteen80sbaby
11-21-06, 02:47 PM
So I've been listening to this lately, its reminds me of the The Futureheads record from early this year. its quite good.
Ernest Baker
11-22-06, 03:07 PM
Silent Alarm was amazing. This album is okay on the first listen, but I can see it really growing on me.
skanky80
11-22-06, 03:13 PM
Silent Alarm was amazing.
:laugh:
Ernest Baker
11-22-06, 03:22 PM
:laugh:
you stay on my dikk ******
skanky80
11-22-06, 03:51 PM
you stay on my dikk ******
You stay posting homo sh*t. Care to post any more of your "hit" rhymes? :laugh: :laugh:
InspectahGadget
11-23-06, 01:08 PM
links dead now.. anyone know where i can dl this?
Skee-lo
11-23-06, 04:24 PM
:laugh:
Why are you laughing? It is amazing.
skanky80
11-23-06, 04:46 PM
Why are you laughing? It is amazing.
again :laugh:
Since when does good=amazing? I'm not trying to pick apart all the flaws about it or anything, but its definitely not an amazing album, to me at least.
InspectahGadget
11-25-06, 01:20 AM
can someone pleeeeeeeeeeease reupload this??
many fortunes and hookers will come your way
brickcity
11-25-06, 08:26 PM
I lost so much respect for them when I saw them in concert 2 years ago. They were terrible live. I couldn't believe it. I actually haven't heard their new stuff yet, but I've been told it's not very good.
InspectahGadget
12-04-06, 09:52 PM
So I gave the album another listen and it has actually grown on me. I first went in thinking I was going to get another Silent Alarm but this album is still pretty good. Still kind of saddened that there aren't as many energetic songs but I can live with it. Still need a better quality version of the songs to give a real rating though.
i remember the first few songs i heard from them post silent alarm (the present, little thoughts, the answer) i couldnt remember any band that could just pump out catchy yet substantial songs like bloc party.
that being said my fav songs on silent alarm were compliments and plans, but they took some time to grow on me. this album is definately growing on me with each repeated listening.
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