Bloc Party have returned with ‘Traps’, their first new music in five years, and with it have shared details of a new album and UK/European tour.‘Traps’ is the first taste of ‘Alpha Games’, the band’s follow up to 2016’s ‘Hymns’, which is released on April 29, 2022.The single is a frenetic affair that recalls the post-punk urgency of their 2005 debut ‘Silent Alarm’.
In a statement, frontman Kele Okereke explained why they chose to lead with it.“From the moment we wrote ‘Traps’, we knew it had to be the first thing people heard from this album; playing it in soundchecks on our last tour before it was finished and hearing how it sounded in those big rooms and outdoors,” he said.You can pre-order/pre-save/pre-add ‘Alpha Games’ here.‘Alpha.
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