Bloc Party To Unveil New Track 'Ratchet' On BBC Radio 1 Tonight!
Tuesday, 25 June 2013
Written by Jon Stickler
Less than a year after their long-awaited first album in four years, 'FOUR', Bloc Party are back with brand new material in the ‘NEXTWAVE Sessions’ EP.
Born and shaped on the road during the band's worldwide tour in 2012, which saw the UK four piece playing the biggest headline shows of the career, including a 19,000 capacity sold out show at Earl’s Court, the five songs that comprise the EP are a natural continuation of Bloc Party’s much-welcomed return to the UK music limelight.
The band worked with renowned producer Dan Carey (whose credits include records with Bat For Lashes, Lianna La Havas and Hot Chip) on the two tracks that open the EP, Ratchet and Obscene.
Ratchet, the lead track off the EP and one of the group's punchiest, most confrontational and viciously danceable tracks to date will receive its premiere as Zane Lowe’s ‘Hottest Record' at 8pm on Radio 1 on June 25.
Talking about the track, Kele says: "Ratchet was the first song we recorded with Dan. It really came together whilst we were on tour in 2012. We started slipping it into the sets at the start of this year just to try it out and the reactions were insane. We knew we had something special."
Across its five tracks, the EP amalgamates the visceral energy of the band's live shows with bright studio sheen, and Kele's lyrics and vocals at their most uncompromisingly biting. From the slow-motion, trance-haunted balladry of Obscene to the shimmering swells and skipping percussion of Montreal, to French Exit that is fuelled by the bands trademark sharp angular riffs and combustible dynamics, and ending on a grand and impassioned note with the forward-looking Children Of The Future.
The EP comes ahead of a busy summer in which Bloc Party return to some of the biggest stages and festivals in the UK and Europe, including a headline slot at Latitude.
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