Party On

Have you ever watched a movie you didn't expect to like and while watching it, you suddenly find yourself enjoying it. And when it's over, you find yourself connected to the characters and emotionally effected by it? Then you give it some thought, and you realize that no other movie had made you feel that way, and maybe, just maybe, that movie is the best movie you'd ever seen? But you wouldn't necessarily elevate it to that level if you hadn't put into the context the emotional connection you felt to it? Not a complete lunatic who tends to overthink and analyze every smallest detail? Fair enough. But for me, that movie is Closer, and the musical equivalent to that is Bloc Party.

Bloc Party is my favourite band and I didn't even know it. I was weary at first, but I soon came to thoroughly enjoy all of their music. I've seen them live. They are far and away the most played band on my ipod. But I always thought that The Killers were my band. It turns out that while I do love The Killers, they don't elicit the same emotion from me as Bloc Party. No other music does, and isn't that the point? I gave it some thought and it made me realize how much I love their music. I realized Bloc Party is my favourite band.

No sooner did I realize this did the band announce they would be going on hiatus indefinitely, two years ago. (The Killers also took a break, although they made it clear they would reconvene when the time was right)

Kele did his solo thing, which was as experimental and weird as it was good, but it couldn't compare to what Bloc Party had been doing for years. And to add to that, it didn't look like they were to be reunited anytime soon, or so I thought. Until yesterday, when it was revealed the band would be getting back together this fall to work on new material.

Here's hoping the time apart served them well and all parties (pun intended) realize their best work is done collectively. Welcome back Bloc Party, you've been missed. 

 

I was sitting, on the roof of my house
With a shotgun
And a six pack of beers,six pack of beers,six pack of beers.
The newscaster says, "The enemy is among us"
As bombs explode on the 30 bus,
Kill your middle class indecision,
Now is not the time for liberal thought,

So I go hunting for witches
I go hunting for witches
Heads are going to roll
I go hunting for..

90's,Optimistic as a teen.
Now its terror
airplanes crash into towers, into towers, into towers.

The Daily Mail says the enemies among us,
Taking our women and taking our jobs,
All reasonable thought is being drowned out by the non-stop baying, baying, baying for blood

So I go hunting for witches
I go hunting for witches
Heads are going to roll..
I was an ordinary man with ordinary desires
I watched TV, it informed me
I was an ordinary man with ordinary desires
There must be accountability
Disparate and misinformed
Fear will keep us all in place

So I go hunting for witches
I go hunting for witches
Heads are going to roll

I was an ordinary man with ordinary desires
I watched TV, it informed me
I was an ordinary man with ordinary desires
There must be accountability
Disparate and misinformed
Fear will keep us all in place 

Bloc Party - Hunting For Witches (2007)