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Kele Okereke has shared a new solo song 'The Sea Between Us' ahead of the premiere of the Bloc Party frontman's co-written play Leave To Remain. Written with screenwriter Matt Jones, Leave To Remain has been described as "a modern love story". "Obi (played by Tyrone Huntley) and Alex (Billy Cullum) are a young gay couple leading busy London lives," a...

Gig was due to take place at Islington Assembly Hall on February 6

Back in 2005, Bloc Party’s debut album ‘Silent Alarm’ set the tone for a wave of spiky art rock bands. If your acquaintance with frontman Kele Okereke began and ended there, you’d be forgiven for wondering how he’s ended up making ‘Trick’, an album of unadulterated dance. Really though, it makes perfect sense. Bloc Party’s next two albums ‘A...

Second track taken from new album 'Trick' revealed

Bloc Party frontman will release new solo album 'Trick' in October

There’s always been an undertow of dance in Bloc Party’s music. Their 2005 debut, ‘Silent Alarm’, was compared to Gang Of Four, but the band’s inspiration was disco rather than post-punk – specifically early-’80s New York four-piece ESG and their track ‘Moody’. Now Bloc Party are on ice, frontman Kele Okereke has reinvented himself as a DJ. And here...

Singer Lucy Taylor takes lead vocals on the track

'The Hunter' is the follow-up to last year's 'The Boxer'

Singer moving to the US to get scribbling

Bloc Party singer will play the Coronet on February 12