Little Thoughts EP by Bloc Party

Little Thoughts EP gathered up Bloc Party's UK-only releases for Japan in December 2004, pairing the "Little Thoughts" single with the B-sides from "Helicopter". It was the London band's second Japanese EP, put out ahead of their own headline show there that month, and it arrived just before Silent Alarm made them one of the names of the post-punk revival.

The lineup is the classic one: Kele Okereke singing and playing guitar, Russell Lissack on lead guitar, Gordon Moakes on bass and Matt Tong on drums. You can hear why people were getting excited. "Little Thoughts" is all nervy, angular guitar and jittery drums, with Okereke sounding anxious and wide awake at once, and the B-sides keep that coiled, twitchy energy going. A snapshot of a band on the verge.

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