"Like Eating Glass" is a song by

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from their debut album '' Silent Alarm''. It is the first track on the album. The song is one of their most popular amongst fans. The lyrics, as is typical of the band's early work, are poetic and ambiguous, and deal with feelings of being "completely disoriented" in failing relationships. A

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music video for the song was uploaded to YouTube and has received over 1.1 million views. The Black Strobe remix was released as a split single with

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. The song was also featured on the playlist of

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Remixes

There are two remixes of the song. A remix by

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was commissioned for Bloc Party's remix album "

Silent Alarm Remixed ''Silent Alarm Remixed'' is the remix album to '' Silent Alarm'', the debut album by British indie rock band Bloc Party. It was released on 29 August 2005 in the British Isles on Wichita Recordings, the band's primary label, and on 13 Septemb ...

". The Black Strobe Remix was released on a 10" picture disc split single (by

and

) given away free by T-Mag. It came included with the book ''The Beat'' about "the art of rhythm", which included contributions from

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, Paul Thomson of Franz Ferdinand,

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, as well as

Matt Tong Matthew Chee Hung Tong (born 29 April 1979) is a British musician from Bournemouth, England. He is best known as the drummer of Bloc Party from 2002 to 2013 and has been a member of Algiers since 2015. Early life Tong was born in Bournemouth, ...

and Dave Hyde of

. It has

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's remix of the song " Decent Days And Nights" by

on side A, with Black Strobe's remix of "Like Eating Glass" on side B.

Track listing

References

External links

Like Eating Glass (Black Strobe Remix) - free download from BlocParty.net
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* {{authority control Bloc Party songs 2006 songs Song recordings produced by Paul Epworth Songs written by Kele Okereke Songs written by Gordon Moakes Songs written by Russell Lissack Songs written by Matt Tong