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| | Bloc Party: Silent Alarm - All CDs $5.99 and Free Shipping at yourmusic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Much more polished, serious, and straight-ahead than their initial EPs suggested, Bloc Party's debut album, "Silent Alarm", reveals them as a band equally informed by taut art-punk and the grand gestures and earnestness of groups like Coldplay and U2. |
 | | As dynamic as "Silent Alarm" is, it's not perfect: Kele Okereke's yelpy vocals get a little grating on the less melodic songs, and the second half of the album doesn't quite sustain the momentum it had at the beginning. |
 | | The U.S. version of "Silent Alarm" also omits one of the band's best songs, "Little Thoughts," although the bonus remixes of "So Here We Are" by Four Tet, "Plans" by Mogwai, and "Pioneers"" by M83 help make up for this. |
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