Alpha Games

Alpha Games
Studio album by
Bloc Party
Released29 April 2022
Genre
Length39:38
Label
Producer
Bloc Party chronology
Hymns
(2016) 		Alpha Games
(2022)
Singles from Alpha Games
  1. "Traps"
    Released: 23 November 2021
  2. "The Girls Are Fighting"
    Released: 26 January 2022
  3. "Sex Magik"
    Released: 25 February 2022
  4. "If We Get Caught"
    Released: 24 March 2022

Alpha Games is the sixth studio album by English indie rock band Bloc Party, released on 29 April 2022. It is the first studio album by the band since 2016's Hymns. It is notably the first album with drummer Louise Bartle, who joined the band after drum sessions for Hymns had been completed,[3] and the first to feature significant songwriting input from Bartle and bassist Justin Harris with Hymns having been mostly written by lead singer Kele Okereke and guitarist Russell Lissack.[4] This was Harris' last album with the band before departing in 2023.

  1. ^ a b Phares, Heather. "Alpha Games - Bloc Party | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b Lyons, Patrick (6 May 2022). "Bloc Party: Alpha Games Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  3. ^ Gerard, Chris (4 February 2016). "Bloc Party: Hymns". PopMatters. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  4. ^ Niesen, Ben (19 May 2022). ""Jaws Underneath Your Feet": A Conversation with Bloc Party's Kele Okereke". Atwood Magazine. Retrieved 24 May 2022.