Number 7
Bloc Party
"Silent Alarm"
Released: February 2nd 2005
Key Tracks: "Helicopter" / "Banquet" / "So Here We Are"
It was the release of "Silent Alarm" in early 2005 that finally alerted most of the population to Bloc Party's eclectic, genre-hopping sound. Five years later, it's hard to think what modern music would sound like without them.
Mixing indie rock with dance, punk with electro and ballads with electronica, "Silent Alarm" was a record not quite like any other. Until their next one. "Banquet" is a classic single, an infectious riff in a strange key, and Kele Okereke's infectious vocals over a mesmerising drum loop. The rest of the album doesn't fall far from the apple.
"Silent Alarm" is an album which still sounds fresh today, five years after it's release, and still will in another ten years time and beyond.
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