Bloc Party brengt 2e single The Girls Are Fighting uit

Bloc Party heeft zojuist hun tweede single The Girls Are Fighting uitgebracht. De opvolger van Traps, die eind vorig jaar tegelijk met de aankondiging van hun zesde album Alpha Games (releasedatum 29 april) verscheen, is hier op Spotify te beluisteren. De bijbehorende video is hier op Youtube te bekijken.

Over The Girls Are Fighting vertelt zanger/gitarist Kele Okereke:

“There was no specific incident that inspired this song – it was more a composite of lots of things I've seen over the years when being in clubs and seeing violence erupt with feuding love rivals. I've always had a slight obsession with those sorts of moments; like a fuse being lit, when actions turn from words into violence. You can learn a lot about who people really are in those moments. I think 'The Girls Are Fighting' is kind of self-explanatory – someone's been selling dreams to someone they shouldn't have and it's caught up with them. I just wanted to capture that moment of going from naught to ten in an evening, in a sweaty nightclub. I'm really pleased with the arrangement for this track because it has this 1970s glam rock feel meets Adam Ant feel. I love what Louise is doing on the tom toms.”

Alpha Games is het eerste album sinds Hymns uit 2016. Het is geproduceerd door Nick Launay & Adam Greenspan (Nick Cave, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, IDLES) en verschijnt op Infectious/BMG. Via deze pre-order link kan het album Alpha Games alvast worden besteld.

Op 12 mei komt Bloc Party naar België voor een concert in het Brusselse Koninklijk Circus. De kaartverkoop is reeds gestart.