Bloc Party share another new song called ‘Exes’

More material from the new album 'Hymns'.

07/10/2015
by NBHAP News Team

Bloc Party - Exes - Video

Earlier this week British indie rock band BLOC PARTY shared The Love Within, their first new single following a line-up change.The rearranged band around frontman Kele Okereke recently also performed live at the Maida Vale in London for BBC Radio 6 Music, performing another new song called Exes.

It’s a bit more oldschool BLOC PARTY material in form of a gentle ballad with choir support. The group’s fifth studio LP and follow-up to 2012’s Four goes by the name Hymns and arrives in early 2016. Watch Exes right here.

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