Bloc Party by Wunmi Onibudo

Bloc Party have today returned with their dazzling new single If We Get Caught, taken from their forthcoming sixth studio album Alpha Games, due Friday 29 April via Infectious / BMG. Keeping in line with their nostalgic yet still forward thinking direction, the band meld together past styles with an infectious new energy in to a harmony driven anthem. Speaking of the new single, Bloc Party singer, songwriter and guitarist Kele Okereke says: “There are only two songs that I feel like have any tenderness on the record and 'If We Get Caught' is one of them. It's really about recognising that the game is coming to an end and about trying to steal a moment of tenderness with your partner before the curtain comes crashing down. I think it's about trying to find moments where you can really connect with someone amidst all of the chaos that's going on in the world.” Take a listen for yourselves below.

Alpha Games tracklisting

1. Day Drinker

2. Traps

3. You Should Know the Truth

4. Callum Is a Snake

5. Rough Justice

6. The Girls Are Fighting

7. Of Things Yet to Come

8. Sex Magik

9. By Any Means Necessary

10. In Situ

11. If We Get Caught

12. The Peace Offering

To celebrate the release of Alpha Games, Bloc Party will be touring the UK and Europe in May and June 2022, including a homecoming show at London’s Alexandra Palace. It will be their first tour since their huge 2019 shows, where they performed their seminal debut album Silent Alarm in full across the UK, Europe and North America.

Bloc Party 2022 UK/EU Tour Dates
Wednesday 30th March - The Garage, London, UK
Thursday 31st March - Pryzm, Kingston, UK
Saturday 2 April - Great Hall, Cardiff - BBC 6 Music Festival
Tuesday 10 May - La Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
Wednesday 11 May - L'Aéronef, Lille, France
Thursday 12 May - Cirque Royal, Brussels, Belgium
Saturday 14 May - Store Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sunday 15 May - Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany
Monday 16 May - E-Werk, Cologne, Germany
Tuesday 17 May - TivoliVredenburg Ronda, Utrecht, Netherlands
Thursday 26 May - O2 Academy 1, Birmingham, UK
Friday 27 May - Rock City, Nottingham, UK
Saturday 28 May - Alexandra Palace, London, UK
Monday 30 May - O2 Academy, Bristol, UK
Tuesday 31 May - O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, UK
Thursday 2 June - O2 City Hall, Newcastle, UK
Friday 3 June - The Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, UK
Saturday 4 June - O2 Academy, Leeds, UK