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by British

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band

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. It was released on 12 August 2013 in the United Kingdom, and 13 August in the United States, via Frenchkiss Records. "Ratchet" and "Obscene" were recorded with Dan Carey, who had previously worked with Bat for Lashes and

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. It features five previously unreleased songs that were given live debuts on the band's 2013 North American tour. This is the final Bloc Party release to feature founding members

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and

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who left the band in 2013 and 2015 respectively. "

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", the EP's lead track, was given its first radio play by

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on 25 June. An accompanying video, created by Cyriak using heavily edited footage from the music videos for "

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", " Hunting for Witches", " Little Thoughts" and "

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", was released on the band's

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channel on the same day.

Track listing

References

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