''Bloc Party'' is an EP

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's first two UK-only

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She's Hearing Voices "She's Hearing Voices" is a song by Bloc Party that was first released on 7" vinyl by London-based independent label Trash Aesthetics in February 2004. It also appeared on their 2004 ''Bloc Party (EP)''. The song was later re-recorded for the b ...

" and "

Banquet/Staying Fat "Banquet"/"Staying Fat" is a double A-side single by Bloc Party. A follow-up to "She's Hearing Voices", it was released in May 2004 on Moshi Moshi Records, following the band's support slot for several dates with ex- Blur guitarist Graham Coxon. ...

". Released on 24 May 2004, it was Bloc Party's first

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EP. It was released later in Japan in August 2004, and then in the

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in September of the same year. The EP was lauded in

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for carefully balancing the dynamics between

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and new wave. In 2015

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cited the EP's tracks " Banquet" and "

" as having made a splash in 2004 leading up the 2005 debut of their album "

Silent Alarm ''Silent Alarm'' is the debut studio album by English rock band Bloc Party. Recorded in Copenhagen and London in mid-2004 with Paul Epworth as producer, it was released on 2 February 2005, by Wichita Recordings. The album peaked at number thre ...

". The single " Banquet", is cited by

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as being influential on

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, then a nascent label, signing

and notes the record impacts musicians in the genre today.

Track listing

All songs written by Bloc Party except "The Answer", written by Bloc Party and Liz Neumayr.

Personnel

* Mark Aubrey – Producer *

– Producer *

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– Producer * Scott McCormick – Producer * Linsey Tulley –

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* Simon White – Management * Tony Perrin – Management

References

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