Intimacy (Bloc Party album)

Infobox Album
Name = Intimacy
Type = studio
Artist = Bloc Party


Released = August 21, 2008
Recorded =
Genre = Indie rock
Art Rock
Post-punk revival
Electronica
Length = 47:55
Label = Wichita (UK)
Vice (U.S.)
Producer = Jacknife Lee & Paul Epworth
Reviews =
* "allmusic" Rating|3.5|5 [http://wc09.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hzfyxzqkld6e Link]
* BBC (favourable) [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/8h8c/ link]
* Drowned in Sound (7/10) [http://www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/13650#r3899494 link]
* God Is In The TV Zine Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/content/content_detail.php?id=2662&type=Albums link]
* The Guardian Rating|4|5 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/aug/29/blocparty.popandrock link]
* Hot Press Rating|3.5|5
* Mojo Rating|4|5
* The Music Magazine (9/10) [http://www.themusicmagazine.co.uk/album-of-the-week/bloc-party-intimacy link]
* NME (7/10)
* Planet Sound (9/10) [http://www.teletext.co.uk/planetsound/album-live-reviews/bc7b7a258b64b604246e29775aa77df1/bBloc+PartyIntimacyb+.aspx link]
* "Pitchfork Media" (5.8/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/144933-bloc-party-intimacy link]
* The Quietus (favourable) [http://www.thequietus.com/articles/bloc-party link]
* "Rolling Stone" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/22853075/review/22868926/intimacy link]
* "The Skinny" Rating|3|5 [http://www.theskinny.co.uk/article/43685-bloc-party-intimacy Link]
Last album = "A Weekend in the City"
(2007)
This album = "Intimacy"
(2008)
Next album =
Misc = Singles
Name = Intimacy
Type = studio
Single 1 = Mercury
Single 1 date = August 11, 2008
Single 2 = Talons
Single 2 date = October 20, 2008

"Intimacy" is the third studio album by Bloc Party, which was released online in MP3 format on 21 August and will be released in physical form on October 27.

Musical style

Lyrically, the album is far more introverted than the band's previous effort, "A Weekend in the City",Fact|date=September 2008 whilst musically, the album combines the jittery art rock of "Silent Alarm" with the fuller soundscapes of "A Weekend in the City", as well as bringing in the electronic elements introduced in the singles "Flux" and "Mercury". The band has also drawn a heavily Big Beat-influenced sound with songs like "Ares" and "Mercury".

"Ion Square" features lyrics from E. E. Cummings' poem "I Carry Your Heart with Me". He has also said he wanted to create songs that would make you want to move on a dancefloor, rather than music you want to sit down and immerse yourself in.Fact|date=September 2008

In an interview with MTV Canada, Okereke has also said that due to their "four album deal" with their record company, they made it so that each member of the band gets to put their own influences into the album (besides Okereke's lyrical content). This album features more of Matt Tong's influences.Fact|date=September 2008

The artwork for the album's physical release was inspired by the artwork for Suede's eponymous debut album.Fact|date=September 2008

The album will be released on CD, limited edition CD with bonus tracks, standard vinyl and vinyl picture disc.

Track listing

# "Ares" - 3:30
# "Mercury" - 3:53
# "Halo" - 3:36
# "Biko" - 5:01
# "Trojan Horse" - 3:32
# "Signs" - 4:40
# "One Month Off" - 3:39
# "Zephyrus" - 4:35
# "Talons" - 4:43
# "Better Than Heaven" - 4:22
# "Ion Square" - 6:33

Bonus tracks on limited edition:

12. "Letter To My Son"
13. "Your Visits Are Getting Shorter"

The CD version of the album will feature bonus tracks, in addition to the digital album. The first of these additional songs to be released was "Talons", which was debuted by Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1 on September 9th and was made available to download from Bloc Party's website immediately afterwards for those who had already downloaded the full album."Talons" will be released as a single - the second from the album, following "Mercury" - on 20 October, 2008.