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Bloc Party
EP by Bloc Party
Released	24 May 2004 (2004-05-24)
Recorded	2003
Genre	Post-punk revival
Length	22:34
Label	V2
Producer	Bloc Party Paul Epworth Mark Aubrey Scott McCormick
Bloc Party chronology
Bloc Party (2004) Little Thoughts EP (2004)
Singles from Bloc Party
"She's Hearing Voices" Released: 16 February 2004 "Banquet/Staying Fat" Released: 3 May 2004

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Bloc Party is an EP compilation of Bloc Party's first two UK-only singles: "She's Hearing Voices" and "Banquet/Staying Fat". Released on 24 May 2004, it was Bloc Party's first V2 Records EP. It was released later in Japan in August 2004, and then in the United States by Dim Mak Records in September of the same year. The EP was lauded in Pitchfork for carefully balancing the dynamics between post-punk revival and new wave. In 2015 NME cited the EP's tracks "Banquet" and "She's Hearing Voices" as having made a splash in 2004 leading up the 2005 debut of their album "Silent Alarm". The single "Banquet", is cited by DIY Magazine as being influential on Wichita Records, then a nascent label, signing Bloc Party and notes the record impacts musicians in the genre today.

Track listing

All songs written by Bloc Party except "The Answer", written by Bloc Party and Liz Neumayr.

Personnel

• Mark Aubrey – Producer
• Bloc Party – Producer
• Paul Epworth – Producer
• Scott McCormick – Producer
• Linsey Tulley – Illustrations
• Simon White – Management
• Tony Perrin – Management

References

1. Allmusic Review
2. "Bloc Party: Bloc Party EP". Pitchfork. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
3. Barker, Emily (7 April 2015). "50 Still-Awesome Albums That Made 2005 A Dynamite Year For Music". NME. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
4. Subscribe (3 February 2015). "Wichita Recordings: the continuing influence of Bloc Party and 'Silent Alarm'". DIY. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

v t e Bloc Party
Kele Okereke Russell Lissack Louise Bartle Harry Deacon Gordon Moakes Matt Tong Sarah Jones Justin Harris Daniel Pugsley
Studio albums	Silent Alarm A Weekend in the City Intimacy Four Hymns Alpha Games
Remix albums	Silent Alarm Remixed Intimacy Remixed
Extended plays	Bloc Party Little Thoughts The Nextwave Sessions The High Life
Singles	"She's Hearing Voices" "Banquet"/"Staying Fat" "Little Thoughts"/"Tulips" "Helicopter" "Tulips" ""So Here We Are"/"Positive Tension"" "Banquet" "Pioneers" "Two More Years" "The Prayer" "I Still Remember" "Hunting for Witches" "Flux" "Mercury" "Talons" "One Month Off" "Signs" "One More Chance" "Octopus" "Truth" "Ratchet"
Other songs	"Like Eating Glass"
Related articles	Discography Songs Pin Me Down Young Legionnaire
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