Alpha Games

by Bloc Party

Alpha Games cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 29 April 2022
  • Label: Infectious
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 39:37
  • Community rating: 2.41/5 from 7 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Produced by Nick Launay and Adam Greenspan, the sixth studio album finds the band returning to the aggressive and angular rhythmic interplay that defined their early career. The production emphasizes a dry, sharp guitar sound and driving basslines that address themes of social hierarchy, competition, and political disillusionment. It represents a stylistic reclamation, prioritizing structural tension and visceral instrumental energy within a modern context.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, tense

Tracklist

  1. Day Drinker (3:13)
  2. Traps (2:54)
  3. You Should Know the Truth (3:01)
  4. Callum Is a Snake (1:59)
  5. Rough Justice (3:13)
  6. The Girls Are Fighting (3:55)
  7. Of Things Yet to Come (4:03)
  8. Sex Magik (3:26)
  9. By Any Means Necessary (2:49)
  10. In Situ (2:55)
  11. If We Get Caught (3:14)
  12. The Peace Offering (4:50)

Credits

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