Who’s here for Bloc Party?

[kemosabe]

Really really excited for Bloc Party to be fair 

[internetjef]

Massively up for this.

 

Silent alarm still one of my fav albums, def top 3 

 

saw them on pyramid in 2007 , and then headline other in 2009. Brilliant both times 

 

hoping this chat of a silent alarm heavy set with a couple of other singles sprinkled in is true 

[crumbler]

I have a certain fondness for the first three albums but I'm not fussed about seeing them live without Gordon and Matt.

[JohnnyUtah24]

I've seen quite a few say it's a Silent Alarm start to finish gig but not seen advertised like that anywhere so must be bullshit

 

Still be worth seeing. Shame the drummer isn't with them anymore 

[briddj]

Just now, JohnnyUtah24 said:

I've seen quite a few say it's a Silent Alarm start to finish gig but not seen advertised like that anywhere so must be bullshit

 

Still be worth seeing. Shame the drummer isn't with them anymore 

 

It will obviously be SA heavy but yeah doubt it will be the album in full in order.

[JohnnyUtah24]

Any setlist I've seen (none that recent) are a mix from all their albums, this modern love, banquet, helicopter are certs but across the board generally 

[Lipgloss and Cigarettes]

8 minutes ago, JohnnyUtah24 said:

I've seen quite a few say it's a Silent Alarm start to finish gig but not seen advertised like that anywhere so must be bullshit

 

Still be worth seeing. Shame the drummer isn't with them anymore 

They’re doing a silent alarm anniversary gig the weekend after Glasto in London. I hope they mix it up a bit at Glastonbury cos I’m going to both 

[internetjef]

Think someone said on here that one of band members had commented somewhere it would be silent alarm heavy. , but didn’t go as far as saying album in full 

[FloopFiller]

Yeah somebody asked Russell if it was gonna be a Silent Alarm set and he said ‘pretty much’ so I reckon like 10 of the best from it (essentially first ten tracks) and then Two More Years + Flux at the end, and that would be insanely good.
 

Really hope they don’t try and insert any new shite in there - would outright kill the vibe. 

[glimmers_of_hope]

Bloc party have dropped a new single...

... and it gives me no pleasure in saying....it is another stinker. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[km9]

Jeez, who wrote that? Chat GPT?

[glimmers_of_hope]

37 minutes ago, km9 said:

Jeez, who wrote that? Chat GPT?

It does sound like about 3 of their post Four singles rolled into one, and not in a good way. 

[gingerevans84]

Im seeing them on Friday in Birmingham, shall see if I can give you any clues

[st dan]

Don’t get me wrong I love(d) Bloc Party, but Kele is 43 in a few months. These are the lyrics of a 13 year old given a Music project at school. Terrible stuff. Just stick to touring Silent Alarm. 

[foolee]

8 hours ago, st dan said:

Don’t get me wrong I love(d) Bloc Party, but Kele is 43 in a few months. These are the lyrics of a 13 year old given a Music project at school. Terrible stuff. Just stick to touring Silent Alarm. 

& A Weekend In The City

[nikkic]

That is one of the worst songs I’ve ever heard. 
 

 

[JMB01]

Without doubt one of my sets of the weekend. Was expecting a smaller crowd as thought a lot would flock to Kasabian. Pleased they had a large and committed crowd , quality set ! 

[Superscally]

Dead good.

[Superscally]

Even the new song sounded decent

 

[internetjef]

Yep enjoyed this too. Would have loved to sub a couple of tracks out for a couple more SA ones but that’s being picky. Seemed to land well with the crowd around us overall too

[Talcroft]

Is there anything more peak Kele than playing Helicopter fourth from the end and finishing on Ratchet though. 

[Northtim]

Really enjoyed this, wasn’t one I was planning to go to but a mate wanted to go and it was deffo one of my top 5 of this year. Great crowd and sound. Only really knew 4/5 songs of theirs but it all sounded great

[Thunderstruck]

11 hours ago, Superscally said:

Even the new song sounded decent

 

 

It did! I remember thinking the sound in Mercury was phenomenal too on the big speakers!

[Superscally]

7 minutes ago, Thunderstruck said:

 

It did! I remember thinking the sound in Mercury was phenomenal too on the big speakers!

Yeah. I felt that the Other stage was immense AGAIN this year for sound. West Holts and Woodsies always seem to do the trick (Alvvays were LOUD) and what I saw on the Park seemed good, even from the hill and with the wind. Pyramid dropped the ball so hard this year (luckily recovered for Coldplay - likely as the engineers are familiar with em) and of course the BBC have murdered the quality of so many sets. The problem of jobs for life at the Beeb. Bullshit your way in then be shite for the rest of your life.

[Thunderstruck]

5 minutes ago, Superscally said:

Yeah. I felt that the Other stage was immense AGAIN this year for sound. West Holts and Woodsies always seem to do the trick (Alvvays were LOUD) and what I saw on the Park seemed good, even from the hill and with the wind. Pyramid dropped the ball so hard this year (luckily recovered for Coldplay - likely as the engineers are familiar with em) and of course the BBC have murdered the quality of so many sets. The problem of jobs for life at the Beeb. Bullshit your way in then be shite for the rest of your life.

 

I'm not sure what happened with Heilung at West Holts. It was a disaster! No vocals for a few minutes at the start and then ear bleeding bass. We ended up leaving, I'll have to watch it on telly as my parents said it sounded amazing at home haha!