Bloc Party

United Kingdom
1999

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Bloc Party are an English rock band, composed of Kele Okereke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, sampler), Russell Lissack (lead guitar, keyboards), Justin Harris (bass guitar, keyboards, saxophones, backing vocals) and Louise Bartle (drums, percussion). 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".

For the last 14 days:

90 tracks
449 stations
52 countries

Radio stations which play Bloc Party online

So Here We Are

Ego FM Kavka

Bloc Party top songs

1	Banquet
2	Helicopter
3	I Still Remember
4	So Here We Are
5	This Modern Love
6	Flux
7	Hunting For Witches
8	Like Eating Glass
9	Coliseum
10	Two More Years
11	High Life
12	The Prayer
13	Ratchet
14	Octopus
15	Mercury
16	Pioneers
17	Kreuzberg
18	V.A.L.I.S.
19	Positive Tension
20	Truth
21	She's Hearing Voices
22	If We Get Caught
23	Virtue
24	Little Thoughts
25	The Good News

Bloc Party quotes

I never understood the low art/high art distinction. I think there's real currency in pop culture. We read trashy magazines as much as the next person. So I never saw the point in listening to only one thing. That low art/high art distinction comes from the establishment telling me how I'm supposed to think.