Four (Bloc Party album)

Four
Album cover showing four thin circles within each other, coloured red, blue, yellow and green leading inwards, on a black background.
Studio album by
Bloc Party
Released20 August 2012
RecordedOctober 2011 – April 2012
StudioStratosphere Sound
(New York City)
Genre
Length43:29
LabelFrenchkiss
ProducerAlex Newport
Bloc Party chronology
Intimacy
(2008) 		Four
(2012) 		Hymns
(2016)
Singles from Four
  1. "Octopus"
    Released: 11 July 2012[3]
  2. "Kettling"
    Released: 4 October 2012[4]
  3. "Truth"
    Released: 25 February 2013[5]

Four is the fourth studio album by British rock band Bloc Party. It was recorded in late 2011 and early 2012 at Stratosphere Sound, New York City, with producer Alex Newport. Newport also produced Wreckonomics—the EP of bassist Gordon Moakes' side project, Young Legionnaire. It was released on 20 August 2012 on independent label Frenchkiss Records,[6] and was made available to stream the week preceding its release. The album peaked at number 3 in the UK Albums Chart, and at number 36 on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States.[7][8] It is the last album featuring the original line-up with Gordon Moakes and Matt Tong.

The band recorded the album using a more guitar-oriented sound, reminiscent of their debut album, Silent Alarm.

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  2. ^ Bray, Ryan (21 August 2012). "Bloc Party – Four". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Bloc Party – Octopus". Discogs. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  4. ^ "– YouTube". YouTube.
  5. ^ "Bloc Party – Truth". Discogs. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Bloc Party name their new album". NME. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  7. ^ "Bloc Party reveal tracklisting for new album 'Four'". NME. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  8. ^ Adams, Sean (7 December 2011). "Free Download: 'Killdozer' by Young Legionnaire". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2011.