Official video for ‘Mercury’ by Bloc Party. Director: Ace Norton
Mercury
My mercury’s in retrograde
This is not the time, the time to start a new love
This is not the time, the time to sign a lease
Try not to worry about what’s forgotten
Try not to worry about what’s been missed
Scars on shins and scars on my knuckles
Today I woke up in a basketball court
Jonjo’s in Sydney and he ain’t returning
I,m sitting in Soho trying to stay drunk
In any bar in the world
From Silverlake to Williamsburg
You could pick another stranger
And fall in love
My mercury’s in retrograde
This is not the time, the time to start a new love
This is not the time, the time to sign a lease
Try not to worry about what’s forgotten
Try not to worry about what’s been missed
Bleeding gums and v-veins protruding
You’re starting to hate all of your clothes
Neumayr’s in LA and she aint returning
I’m sleeping with people I don’t even like
My mercury’s in retrograde
When I saw you last night
I wanted to say…
‘Run away with me’
‘Away from these cynics’
That this could be the start of
Something truly real…
But all that I could say was ‘Hey!’
Kele arrives at Radio 1 to drop Zane Lowe an exclusive copy of ‘Mercury’, a brand new song that the band have put together. Sorry it’s so dark but that’s the way it rolls in the Zane Lowe studio!
Bloc Party have launched a mystery count-down on their website, Blocparty.com, with a time counter set to reach zero at 11am (BST) tomorrow (July 7).
The band have not given any indication of what will occur when the counter reaches zero. However, as they are currently working on their third album, fans have been speculating about the possibility of the Kele Okereke and co. making a new track available online.
As previously reported in NME magazine, the band are working on new material with producers Jacknife Lee and Paul Epworth in Kent.
Content usually available at Blocparty.com beyond the count-down homepage is now unavailable, leading some fans to suggest that the count-down may be pointing to a new website as oppose to new music.
Bloc Party star helps band cause a storm down under
The Teenagers’ first Australian gig last night (June 12) resulted in a mammoth stage invasion.
Lead singer Quentin Delafon helped fans up onto the stage before an epic rendition of ‘Homecoming’ to finish the bands set at The Met, Brisbane. (more…)
Kele will be giving his first ‘interview’ for a long, long time (well, a few months anyway) on Friday when he takes part in a live webchat for AQA 63336 (Any Question Answered)…a UK text service which strives to find out the answer to any question texted in (e.g. Why do men have nipples? Why do you never see baby pigeons? Why do The Kooks exist?).
This is AQA’s first live “celebrity answers” session…starting at 11am GMT on Friday 6th June you will be able to put your questions to Kele directly for free. Go here for more info. Maybe Kele will spill the beans on the new Bloc Party material. Anyone who asks what colour underwear he’s wearing will be pelted with crunchy peanut butter…you have been warned.
So the wait is over…. We’re putting out our first single “Cryptic” on Kitsune on May 12, 2008. The single will be available on 12″ vinyl and digital and will feature remixes by Phones (Paul Epworth), Jamie Ellis and Russell Lissack and Dave P & Adam Sparkles. We will post all the official release info soon, with the track listing and artwork.
If that isn’t enough news, we’re also thrilled to tell you that Pin Me Down will also be doing our first live shows in Europe in early May followed by some DJ sets around the single’s release.
We are playing in London and will announce specific dates soon too. Before that we will be playing some secret shows in New York, under some crazy pseudonyms.
For our Chinese-speaking fans, check out this cool interview that Chasez wrote about the band on Indie Ray (in Chinese)
Here is a rad PMD interview that appeared on Glasswerk.co.uk
“Hearing your bands on the radio is still a great, great buzz. Bloc Party claiming that the two Rising Sun Arts Centre gigs were vital and important to their career. It was cool to work for Alan McGee for nine months, having the legendary American radio disc jockey Rodney Bingenheimer a fan of ours. I never had the bottle to chat to John Peel when I could have, but he used to write me the odd letter.
“More recently, bringing Glasvegas to Reading last August was a highlight as it was before the media cared. When their story is written then Reading will be mentioned a fair bit.”
