Bloc Party - Alpha Games

Released 29th April 2022.

Bloc Party return with their forthcoming sixth studio albumAlpha Games, due 29 April 2022 via Infectious / BMG.Alpha Gamesis the bands first studio album since 2016sHymns, and the first Bloc Party album written and recorded as this four piece; adding the musicality of Justin Harris (bass) and the unbridled energy and power of Louise Bartle on the drums to capture the spark of their live shows and to deliver the most exciting Bloc Party album yet.

Alpha Games, produced by Nick Launay & Adam Greenspan (Nick Cave, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, IDLES), includes new singleTraps, which sees the band returning to the raucous, high-octane sound of their earliest work in an outburst of propulsive post-punk. The albums 12 tracks veer from the intense and confrontational (Traps, Day Drinker) to melodic and introspective