Once again back across the pond to England, where we take a deep dive into the turbulent and fascinating career of Bloc Party. Rock, dance, electronic, experimental - is there anything these guys won't try? Steve and Doug also chat about the recent Newsboys fiasco, being a hero, and so many deluxe editions.

Music featured this episode:
The Prayer - A Weekend In The City
Octopus - Four
​Banquet - Silent Alarm 1:46 - You can watch the silly minute long real on YouTube here

5:35 - The excellently named Don Ferguson would regularly portray Preston Manning in the Royal Canadian Air Farce. It's really dated at this point, but back in the 90's this was hilarious (this isn't the specific sketch Doug was referring to, but it's the same sort of thing)

6:16 - Here is the Legal Eagle video "How Swift Got Her Masters Back"

6:32 - Rick Beato interviewing Sting. If you love music, you should watch Rick's channel

7:29 - Steve got two stories mixed up, and both are stupid. John Fogerty was sued by his old label for recording a new song that sounded too much like a previous song, and Neil Young was sued by his then-current label for not sounding ENOUGH like himself

12:44 - I know it sounds made up, but it's true: here's the article about how a search for a distressed man in the woods turned up a solo camper just singing Nickelback

14:22 - Here is the full archive of all stories pertaining to Michael Tait on The Roys Report

17:18 - Here were our thoughts up to 2014 in N Is For Newsboys

27:40 - Here is Matt Tong's interview with 22 Grand Pod from 2024 

45:22 - Here is Bloc Party's live performance of Banquet on Conan in 2005

48:44 - Unfortunately "God Bless Bloc Party" is quite boring, but you can judge for yourself

1:05:27 - Here's the video for Flux

1:10:14 - Here is the bonus documentary of "The Making Of A Weekend In The City"

​1:19:13 - Listen to our conversation S Is For Stars

1:25:35 - In case you missed it, the disco track is called "Dance With You" by Carrie Lucas

1:40:34 - Here is one of many videos of Louise Bartle killing it on the drums

​1:53:10 - Huh?? What??? Here's NME's incredibly poor quality interview with Bloc Party

1:54:11 - Here is REMIC's ranking of the Bloc Party albums as of 2022

1:57:40 - You can read all about Help! A Day In The Life here

Doug's Recommendations:
Little Thoughts - Silent Alarm
V.A.L.I.S. - Four
Ares - Intimacy
The Present - Help! A Day In The Life

Steve's Recommendations:
The Price Of Gasoline - Silent Alarm
Talons - Intimacy
In Situ - Alpha Games


Bloc Party's Official Website

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