“Last November, Bloc Party singer Kele Okereke laid the blame for the recent departure of original members Gordon Moakes and Matt Tong on “someone doing cocaine and someone not being into it”. Listening to ‘Hymns’, it’s not hard to tell which faction of these pivotal indie noir icons stayed in the band. For all of the narcotic dancefloor euphoria on its opening song ‘The Love Within’, this fifth al”
“Bloc Party's fifth LP is a cathartic rebirth that teases the future and pays homage to the past”
“Bloc Party returns with one of their most conceptual albums yet, diving into themes of sadness and religion.”
“Bloc Party’s serene fifth LP observes the void of evangelism in present pop culture, and tries to fill it. But there’s an awkward sense that frontman Kele Okereke is clutching at spiritual straws, rather than relating an honest-to-God epiphany.”
