"Kele Okereke says he wrote the record in the wake of a more than decade-long relationship. "Every lyric you're hearing on this record was something that actually happened to me," he explained in press materials. "I had to tell the story, from start to finish.""
"Bloc Party have a new album on the way. The London band enlisted Trevor Horn for Anatomy of a Brief Romance, their follow-up to the 2022 LP Alpha Games. Listen to the single "Coming on Strong" below."
"Anatomy of a Brief Romance will be the maiden release of Contagious Ltd., a new Virgin Music Group imprint. In the four years since Alpha Games, Okereke and the band have played a series of big shows as part of the 20th anniversary celebrations behind Silent Alarm."
"Anatomy of a Brief Romance:01 22.01.2202 Coming on Strong03 Love Bombs04 Pigwig05 Lagoon Blue06 Muscleworks07 Clark Kent08 Worst Birthday Ever09 Not Your Problem10 Now We Can't Be Friends11 Rotherhithe12 Stories13 Moving On14 Eulogy"
Bloc Party is preparing a new album titled Anatomy of a Brief Romance, following 2022’s Alpha Games. Trevor Horn was enlisted to work on the record. Kele Okereke wrote the album in the wake of a more than decade-long relationship, and every lyric reflects events that happened to him. The album will be the first release of Contagious Ltd., a new Virgin Music Group imprint. Since Alpha Games, Okereke and the band have performed major shows as part of Silent Alarm’s 20th anniversary celebrations. The tracklist includes “Coming on Strong” and other songs such as “Love Bombs,” “Pigwig,” and “Eulogy.”
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