How Bloc Party made the immortal 'Silent Alarm'

Bloc Party's 'Silent Alarm' definitely sits at the top table of 2000s' indie albums. It's passionate, intelligent and full of that special stuff that's ensured it was treasured by fans and built to last.
In this video I get into how they made the record in Denmark with Paul Epworth, its surprising influences, the infamous Oasis fued and why the band went from thinking anniversary gigs were cringe to successfully touring the album again around the world almost 20 years after it was released.
What are your memories of Kele and the boys? Did you catch them on any of the anniversary gigs in 2018 or 2019?
#musicdocumentary #documentary #music #blocparty
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Nicholas Adamson (The Don't Tell Show)
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[@zaphodbeeblebrox9109]

The drum intro to Banquet is all you need to hear to know its going to be a banger. I never get sick of it.

[@boyruns]

My favorite is still A weekend in the city, it’s dense with its bsides/unreleased tracks and feels just as urgent.

[@indiesleaze]

I really like that album too.

[@eugenesnow]

This guy knows

[@seemourbutts6679]

It probably had the strongest singles my god it is so boring and depressing listening to it the whole way through, revisited it the other day and had to turn it off, didn’t even get to I still remember

[@dannysroom]

this channel is sooo sick, i was born in 2001 listening to my older brothers music as I grew up, Bloc Party was one of those bands I listened to but never really knew much about. THANK YOU!

[@indiesleaze]

Great to hear, cheers!

[@TheBureauAsia]

As a 30 year old when this band came out, I couldn't get my head around the hype when they toured Australia, so I bought their album and forced myself to listen to it to try an understand why 😅In time, I came to enjoy it. I guess the era was the first time I came to realise that there was a generation behind me coming of age with different realities to mine and tastes in music. I actually still listen to them from time to time when I think of them. Nice one mate!

[@indiesleaze]

Thanks Matt! Did many UK bands make the trip to Oz back in the day?

[@TheBureauAsia]

@@indiesleaze Yes, a lot, but I wasn't a festival goer and didn't go to many gigs. I saw Coldplay in 2001 in a fairly intimate venue when they were just kicking off.

[@kevincollins8620]

​@@TheBureauAsiaBombay Bicycle club was that way for me... and two door cinema club. I came to really enjoy their music like anything else I loved released before that era.

[@nhlmori80]

to me, still to this day, my fav indie rock album ever

[@monica1808]

Thank you for making these videos. Beautiful Nostalgic Trips ❤❤❤

[@indiesleaze]

Thanks. They are for me too.

[@potago6695]

I saw them on one of their 2019 gigs playing Silent Alarm… still my favourite concert experience! A truly inspired band, and I don’t think they made a truly *bad* song until Hymns

[@Tommynewmz]

One on Doves transition from dance music to guitars could be a good one

[@KINGMONKEY1989]

That's a great idea. I always asked if people knew about there Sub Sub I think they were calleds past.

[@hotstankygarbage788]

Great channel. By far my favorite era of music.

[@STEOKEO]

I miss it terribly.

[@104ist]

that NME tour lineup is legendary, even if Bloc Party were a different act to the other 3. always hoped Bloc Party would develop their sound along the lines with Radiohead but it never happened in the same way. doesn’t take away from Silent Alarm though, easily my favourite of all the albums from the mid 00s indie boom

[@STEOKEO]

Superb VIdeo. Love your work. Keep it up.

[@indiesleaze]

Thankyou man.

[@paulosouza4476]

My favorite of all time! I'm loving this channel, thanks man.

[@MachineintheMonkey]

Cheers for the vid mate 🤙

[@SamM_Scot]

I never really took anything Oasis said that serious in interviews as they tried picking fights with everyone, but would later collab with said artists they bashed :-)

[@indiesleaze]

Oasis stayed funny long after their music turned bad. The jibe that sticks in my mind is when Liam called Chris Martin a plant pot!

[@SamM_Scot]

@@indiesleaze Yeah they were hilarious at times 🤣

[@pookachu64]

7:15 lol

[@davekennedy6315]

Oasis ARE the most overrated pile of shite EVER! Their lyrics are meaningless dross (Noel even admitted there was no meaning and it was just words that 'sounded good together' which is such bollocks!) Oasis entire sound is just a cheap n nasty subpar rip off of The Beatles. Bloc Party Silent Alarm is a perfect album, all thriller no filler. Alas, I was not a fan of their turn into a more electric sound with the second album being a noticeable drop in the sound I loved (it was Matt Tongs manic drumming combined with Keles stunningly beautiful and soulful voice and lyrics that I loved) By the 3rd album it was completely different with some tracks being out n out dance tracks. Shame as Silent Alarm will ALWAYS be one of my all time favourite albums!

[@jonathanmarkham1998]

Couldn’t disagree much more strongly than I do. Oasis still have a level of relevance 30 years on that Bloc Party don’t have even after 20. Other than the couple of songs everyone knows like Helicopter and Banquet, none of what they did is remembered except by the niche of people who particularly like them. I won’t sit here and say Oasis are timeless because their production is very much of its time and they are at times like a pastiche of the Beatles, as well as other artists like T Rex and the Sex Pistols in part. But they’re still somehow iconic in their own way for a generation of people in the UK. From what I’ve seen of Bloc Party Keles voice isn’t very good live and the playing is often quite sloppy, though I admit I’m only judging based on videos as I haven’t been to a gig of theirs. Their attitude towards Oasis was snobby. For me you can get away with being a bit snobby, but only if your music is near the quality of a band like Radiohead. If not, you just look like a petulant clown without the goods to back it up, which is imo what they are.

[@TheMusicalElitist]

In your opinion...

[@TheMusicalElitist]

Bloc Party have half of a decent album and that's it.