Silent Alarm is the debut studio album by British indie rock band Bloc
Party (pictured). Recorded in Copenhagen and London in mid-2004 with
producer Paul Epworth, it was first released on 2 February 2005 in
Japan, with Wichita Recordings as the primary label. The record peaked
at number three on the United Kingdom Albums Chart. In the United
States, it entered the Billboard 200 at number 114 and the Billboard
Top Independent Albums at number seven. The double A-side "So Here We
Are/Positive Tension", "Banquet", and "Pioneers" were released as
singles. Silent Alarm went on to achieve worldwide sales of over one
million copies. Bloc Party aimed to create an album that appealed to
followers of different musical genres. Building on the arrangements in
their demo songs recorded in 2004, the band members moulded tracks
largely through live takes during the Silent Alarm studio sessions. The
compositional focus was on rhythm and the drum and bass parts, while
lyricist Kele Okereke's writing examined the feelings and hopes of
young adults, including views on global politics. Following the album's
completion, Bloc Party embarked on promotional tours before its
release. Silent Alarm garnered widespread critical acclaim and has
received accolades throughout the music industry since its release.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1912:
The Piltdown Man: At a meeting of the Geological Society of London,
amateur British archaeologist Charles Dawson claimed that he had been
given a fragment of a skull that was discovered at a gravel pit near
Uckfield, East Sussex, England, which later turned out to be a forgery.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown_Man>
1916:
The French defeated German forces around the city of Verdun-sur-Meuse
in northeast France, ending the longest battle and one of the bloodiest
in World War I.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Verdun>
1958:
The United States launched Project SCORE, the world's first
communications satellite.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_SCORE>
1966:
Epimetheus, one of the moons of Saturn, was discovered, but was
mistaken as Janus. It took 12 years to determine that they are two
distinct objects sharing the same orbit.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetheus_%28moon%29>
2009:
The Copenhagen Summit on climate change ended with the drafting of the
non-binding Copenhagen Accord.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen_Accord>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
poltroon (n):
An ignoble or arrant coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/poltroon>
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Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible.
--Paul Klee
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