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Bloc Party

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Hymns

Back in 2012,B loc Party sounded rejuvenate­d, as Four reignited the Silent Alarm spark. Now, a rhythm line-up change later, it seemsR ussell Lissack is intent on going full Greenwood, hanging up his Telecaster­s for the most part and instead embracing samplers and synths.Y etB loc Party are noR adiohead, and – aside from experiment­s with country slide playing ( The Good News) and the odd hooky single-note line ( My True Name) – there’s little variation here. Instead, they run dangerousl­y close to occupying the same mid-tempo middle-of-the-road territory asU 2 and Coldplay. Michael Astley-Brown Download: Exes

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