Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4 (four; /ˈfɔər/) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5.
There it is then.
Four.
The number.
Just another number. One of an infinite amount in fact. So what’s its significance? Why should Bloc Party use it as the title of their latest release? Their comeback album even. Well, I mean there’s the glaringly obvious fact that this is their fourth album. Though that’s too easy for Bloc Party, too straightforward. I mean there could well be a basis in that simple fact, but it seems more significant than that.
Given the tensions running through the band around the time of their last album, Intimacy, subsequently leading to the hiatus that this album sees them returning from, Four as an album has more of an importance to the band and their career, than just any other fourth album.
4 (four; /ˈfɔər/) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5.
There it is then.
Four.
The number.
Just another number. One of an infinite amount in fact. So what’s its significance? Why should Bloc Party use it as the title of their latest release? Their comeback album even. Well, I mean there’s the glaringly obvious fact that this is their fourth album. Though that’s too easy for Bloc Party, too straightforward. I mean there could well be a basis in that simple fact, but it seems more significant than that.
Given the tensions running through the band around the time of their last album, Intimacy, subsequently leading to the hiatus that this album sees them returning from, Four as an album has more of an importance to the band and their career, than just any other fourth album.
- 8/8/2012
- by Morgan Roberts
- Obsessed with Film
Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke has revealed that he is unsure of his future with the band after he spotted them recording without him. The singer explained that he saw guitarist Russell Lissack, bassist Gordon Moakes and drummer Matt Tong outside a studio in New York without inviting him Okereke told NME: "I was actually having lunch about three weeks ago, just here on 8th Avenue and I saw somebody walk past and I recognised the haircut. "It was Russell. I was like, 'Hey!' but he didn't see me and I followed him around the corner and then I saw Matt, Gordon and (more)...
- 9/20/2011
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
Bloc Party bassist Gordon Moakes has temporarily left the band on paternity leave. Daniel Lindegren, who is a friend of the group, will replace Moakes during the period of absence. Speaking on the band's official website, the bassist said: "Unfortunately I'm not going to be able to join the boys during the next month or so of touring. "The reason for this is that my wife is expecting our first baby in a few weeks and after some long hard thinking we all decided, band included, that it was a bit silly for me to be flying round the world at (more)...
- 7/15/2008
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
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