Bloc Party Announce New Album 'Alpha Games', Confirm UK And European Tour
Tuesday, 23 November 2021
Written by Laura Johnson
Bloc Party have announced a new album.
The long awaited follow-up to 2016's 'Hymns' is called 'Alpha Games' and will be released on April 29 through Infectious/BMG.
The band will support the record with a UK and European tour, which kicks off on May 10 at La Salle Pleyel in Paris, France, includes a London show at Alexandra Palace and concludes on June 4 at the O2 Academy Leeds.
Tickets for the UK go on general sale at 9am on December 3, while tickets for the European dates go on general sale at 10am local time on November 26.
Meanwhile, head below to check out the record's artwork, tracklist and first single, Traps, which deals in muscular bass riffs, driving drums, sinister guitar lines and a dynamic vocal performance from singer, songwriter and guitarist Kele Okereke. He said:
“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.”
'Alpha Games' tracklist:
1. Day Drinker
2. Traps
3. You Should Know the Truth
4. Callum Is a Snake
5. Rough Justice
6. The Girls Are Fighting
7. Of Things Yet to Come
8. Sex Magik
9. By Any Means Necessary
10. In Situ
11. If We Get Caught
12. The Peace Offering
Bloc Party Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Thu May 26 2022 - BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy Birmingham
Fri May 27 2022 - NOTTINGHAM Rock City
Sat May 28 2022 - LONDON Alexandra Palace
Mon May 30 2022 - BRISTOL O2 Academy Bristol
Tue May 31 2022 - MANCHESTER O2 Victoria Warehouse
Thu June 02 2022 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE O2 City Hall
Fri June 03 2022 - GLASGOW Barrowland Ballroom
Sat June 04 2022 - LEEDS O2 Academy Leeds
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