Overview
- Bloc Party announced Tuesday a new album titled Anatomy of a Brief Romance, due September 11, and released the lead single Coming On Strong.
- The band shared a 14-song tracklist that opens with 22.01.22 and includes Love Bombs, Pigwig, Rotherhithe, and Eulogy.
- Frontman Kele Okereke says every lyric comes from real events in his life and that the record traces a relationship from first spark to final farewell.
- Trevor Horn produced the album, which arrives on the new label cOnTAGIOUS LTD through Virgin Music Group, with Mushroom Music also attached.
- The rollout pairs March live debuts at BBC 6 Music Festival with summer support slots for Muse in North America and an autumn UK/EU co-headline run with Interpol.