BLOC PARTY just announced details of their upcoming sixth studio album, ‘Alpha Games’, due out April 29, 2022 via Infectious / BMG. It is the band’s first studio album since ‘Hymns’, which was released in 2016. In addition to the album announcement, BLOC PARTY released the new single ‘Traps’ as a first foretaste of the upcoming album and revealed plans for an extensive UK and European tour.Produced by Nick Launay & Adam Greenspan (NICK CAVE, YEAH YEAH YEAHS, IDLES), the band returns with ‘Traps’ to the raw, high-octane sound of their earliest works and delivers a driving Post-Punk sound. BLOC PARTY singer, songwriter and guitarist Kele Okereke said about the new single: “From the moment we wrote ‘Traps’ we knew it was going to be the first thing people would hear about this album; we played it at sound checks on our last tour before it was finished and heard how it sounded in large rooms and in the open air.”
Tracklist
01. Day Drinker
02. Traps
03. You Should Know the Truth
04. Callum Is a Snake
05. Rough Justice
06. The Girls Are Fighting
07. Of Things Yet to Come
08. Sex Magik
09. By Any Means Necessary
10. In Situ
11. If We Get Caught
12. The Peace Offering
To celebrate the launch of ‘Alpha Games’, BLOC PARTY will tour the UK and Europe in May and June 2022, including a homecoming show at London’s Alexandra Palace. It is their first tour since 2019, during which they presented their groundbreaking debut album ‘Silent Alarm’ across the UK, Europe and North America. Two concerts in Germany are planned:
May 15, 2022 - Berlin, Tempodrom
May 16, 2022 - Cologne, E-Werk
Source: Press Release / Photo by Flore Diamant
