Brent Hodge, a film maker from Vancouver, Canada, has sent over this video he made of Bloc Party's gig in his home town earlier this year...enjoy!
Brent is a self-confessed Bloc Party addict and has posted various other Bloc-related media on his online videoblog: Hodgee Podgee. Here are BLOG PARTY's favourites...
'I Carry Your Heart'...based on E. E. Cummings' beautiful poem (which also inspired the lyrics of 'Ion Square'), soundtracked by 'SRXT'
'My Scars'...a video poem written by Brent Hodge about 'the hardships of reaching your goals...no matter what path you choose in life, where you end up, what you want, or who you're with, you will always have your memories and your scars'. Soundtracked by the early live version of 'Compliments'.
Apologies for the lack of updates recently...all is quiet at the moment. Rumours suggest that the next single will be 'Signs', but there's been no announcement yet. With Bloc Party's recent unorthodox release plan, it wouldn't be too surprising if they announced that the next single will be released in hologram format, available only in the Siberian branch of HMV.
The guys begin the next leg of their 'Intimacy' world tour in Canada on Friday, so check back for the usual setlists/YouTube videos as they come rolling in. Also, don't forget to email in your fan reviews/photos/drunken ramblings to get them featured on this here blog!
In the meantime, here's a lovely Bloc-related collage I stumbled across on Flickr earlier...
Nearly a week after Bloc Party unleashed 'Intimacy' on the unsuspecting public, there's been no word of an official album cover. So, to tide you over, here's the highlights of the fan-created album artwork. Thanks to everyone who sent in their ideas!
Artwork by Julien Bremard, Pierre-Louis, Alex Hiro, Alex Fox, Alex Stilman, Adrian Riemann and Sarah Jahn
If you promise to paint me as a work of art This superb painting was recently sent to me by Thomas Fallows. You can view lots more pieces of Bloc Party related art over at the blocparty.net 'This Modern Art' gallery. If you've done a painting, taken a photo, or created some computer graphics that you'd like me to feature, please email me!
This Modern Art This wallpaper was sent to me today by Samuel Hemmilä from Sweden. It's based on the video for 'The Pioneers' and I thought it was rather cool...
'Heroes' (Issue 2: Royal Affairs) Here's the second issue of the Bloc Party comic strip, this time also featuring Kaiser Chiefs, made by Anant Naik using photographs from 'Marshals'.
By the way, 'This Modern Art' is still open for submissions. If you've created any drawings, computer graphics or other artwork related to the band, send them over to me along with your name and I'll post them up on blocparty.net!
'Heroes' - the Bloc Party comic strip This rather cool Bloc Party comic strip was created by Anant Naik. Click here for the full-size version. Issue 2: 'Royal Affairs' coming soon!
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