In 2019, Bloc Party returned to their roots with a tour where they performed their platinum-selling debut album Silent Alarm in full. Buzzing from that tour, they started writing their sixth album. “We wanted to capture the energy and the chemistry that the four of us were forming from playing live again,” says lead guitarist Russell Lissack. They finished their initial writing period in March 2020, so you know what happened next...
Unlike other bands, however, recording remotely and sharing files online was not an option for Bloc Party. As Russell puts it: “Touring Silent Alarm was quite instrumental in the writing process. We wanted that same energy when we were in the room bouncing ideas off each other. I think I don’t think it would have been the same if we tried to do that remotely.”
When Russell breaks down the band’s process, it’s obvious it couldn’t happen any other way.
