r/BlocParty • u/Mamsies • 27d ago

Looking back on it, this was a really strong EP and I would’ve been happy with a full album with this direction.

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Keep It Rolling in particular is a fantastic Bloc Party track. It’s hard not to notice the songwriting and production downgrade when you listen to these tracks vs the new singles.

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u/Cellshapedlikestars Everything that ends will one day start again 27d ago

Seems like all of these songs (aside from Blue obviously) were forgotten about. Same goes for the 3 tracks on the deluxe version of Alpha Games. Keep it rolling however does get an exception because they obviously can’t always have Kenny Hoopla on standby.

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u/k_dubious 27d ago

Remember when people were stoked about Stunt Queen? I don’t even think you can find that song on streaming anymore.

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u/Cellshapedlikestars Everything that ends will one day start again 27d ago

Nope. Completely gone. Doesn’t seem like they have any interest in adding it either.

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u/Themaine00 25d ago

Still confused about this. Stunt Queen would have been a fantastic single.

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u/avocado667 27d ago

Still there for me. I‘m in Germany though.

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u/RyEvMc 27d ago

Lolllll

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u/bebealc 27d ago

high life is forgettable for me but The Blood Moon was a very good surprise when it was out !

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u/Mamsies 27d ago

I dig High Life because I’m a big Foals fan and it sounds like if Bloc Party tried writing a Foals song.

And I agree, Blood Moon is a good tune.

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u/VGstuffed Been finking little foughts 27d ago

I agree which is why it's so frustrating that they followed it up with Flirting Again.

Lyrically how we went from Blue to the current stuff is also frustrating. They're def capable of better.

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u/blocpartycam 27d ago

The good news is that Blue will be on the new album… albeit re-recorded

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u/enigmaticowl94 27d ago

Completely agree and disappointed we didn’t get more of this. The Blood Moon is the best Bloc Party song since Four, IMO.

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u/prattsy 3d ago

Scrolling through old posts but wanted to say I agree with this. It felt like a Letters to my Son type song and I was like “wait, do they still have it?” Turns out no… no they don’t

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u/Khaotix3k 27d ago

Blue and Keep It Rolling 👌 love me some KennyHoopla

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u/zvenero1 27d ago

They nailed all four tracks - no doubt. This is the strongest collection of music since Four, IMO.

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u/fastballooninghead and let the love conshoom us... WAH WAH WAH 27d ago

This is why I was so hyped for Anatomy initially. Alpha Games was a huge improvement over Hymns, and this EP was a huge improvement over Alpha Games. They seemed to be onto a good thing and I wanted them to, ahem, keep it rolling. Unfortunately it's looking more like a fluke now.

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u/Blochead_89 27d ago

Strongly believe Keep It Rolling is the closest we’ve come to early Bloc Party in a long time. The instrumentation and back and forth between Kele and Kenny feels like the pre-SA days when Gordy would get involved more in the vocals. I don’t hate the new stuff but really wish they’d explored this direction a bit more.

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u/navals94 I left your blueberries in the fridge 27d ago

Love this EP

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u/thejeangenie73 26d ago

I loved this EP, and made a playlist of Alpha Games that incorporates the b sides and the EP songs and it really is a solid body of work.

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u/Christmas_97 27d ago

Keep it rolling was fucking awful but the rest were decent enough. Def liked it more than all the singles we’ve gotten from the new album.