Bloc Party
Helicopter

8/ 10 [Edit this Release]

Type: Single Release date: 25/10/2004

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by Sean Adams [Edit this content] ▾ 13 comments 15:58 October 22nd, 2004

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Hip gunslingers Bloc Party follow potential single(s) of the year (parts I and II) with a horizon-blazing, saddle-slashing blast from their debut album.

It sounds like… cowboys. Why cowboys? Why not? The shirts and boots are as hot right now as the BP boys who’re currently blowing up in all the cool corners of America and the ICE COLD chambers of Europe.

‘Helicopter’ is a rally cry, a call to arms against all those accepting fools sitting still. They’re shootin’ doubters at dawn and having breakfast with Scandinavian beauties. Sounding like yet more guitars tumbling into space. Fresh and inventive. Alsorts’a buzzing, vocal ghosts swooping and topped with big dollops of horse chase bass. Those oft’ off key, perfection back-tracking, backing vocals are cased in fuzz.

Are you happy for a new world?

Get your nodding dog head on, burn your MSP cds, discard your pretender-hipster yankie fad bands, and take this, and party. Yeehaw!

Bloc Party 8 / 10

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Bloc Party - Helicopter

god i love bloc party. brilliant.

ally_longliverockandroll | 22 Oct '04, 16:20 | X | Reply

Bloc Party - Helicopter

we have the greatest taste in the world

sleaze_rock_bitch | 22 Oct '04, 16:52 | X | Reply

Bloc Party - Helicopter

This indeed a brilliant song...not as good as Banquet, but pretty close

jimbo2004 | 23 Oct '04, 00:41 | X | Reply

Bloc Party - Helicopter

i agree with you lot.. i love bloc party too! they just rouse all my senses. they frighten me with their brilliance.

carbootsale | 23 Oct '04, 17:18 | X | Reply

Bloc Party - Helicopter

Banquet was excellent, this is merely very good. Still very good though.

CaviarAndCigarets | 23 Oct '04, 20:14 | X | Reply

Bloc Party - Belicopter

Nah, give me Kim Marsh anyday!

jaggy_snake | 25 Oct '04, 02:33 | X | Reply

Bloc Party - Helicopter

great tune

stubryce | 26 Oct '04, 12:49 | X | Reply

Bloc Party - Helicopter

Bought this yesterday, if only for the memory of Kele knocking his own mic off the stand followed by a ridiculously large grin. Great track...

-Mark- | 26 Oct '04, 19:58 | X | Reply

Bloc Party - Helicopter

This has grown on me like some horrible swelling. I might even buy it in a couple of days.

Effloresce_Sean | 28 Oct '04, 19:08 | X | Reply

Bloc Party - Helicopter

Helicopter is good, but everyone must buy the single instead of downloading it and then you will hear, what i believe to be, the best Bloc Party song ever called Always new depths......

brodieman_11 | 28 Oct '04, 19:48 | X | Reply

Bloc Party - Helicopter

I do love this song and yes always new depths is also very good. I'm in danger of over-playing this and getting sick of it but i just can't help myself. Can't wait for the album

cheggers | 29 Oct '04, 11:56 | X | Reply

Bloc Party - Helicopter

Long live Bloc Party!! May they continue on their road to even more great things. Kele seemed such a nice person when i spoke to him, added to the lovely political persuasions of the drummer, means that they deserve it all (in my humble opinion anyway).

fox_in_snow | 29 Oct '04, 17:15 | X | Reply