Bloc Party

Bloc Party

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Bloc Party is scheduled to perform Sunday, December 14.

Marquee Theatre in Tempe

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Transitioning from over-hyped buzz generator to perpetual powerhouse ain't easy, even for figures as charismatic as the men of Bloc Party, and the strain shows on Intimacy, the Brits' third LP. "Ares" is the sound of a band trying too hard, albeit with assists from some pretty interesting elements: screaming sirens, kinetic beats, and the lyrical declaration, "Get out of the way or get fucked up." But for every distinctive track along the lines of the calm, confident "Signs," there's one that's structurally dunderheaded ("One Month Off") or unexpectedly generic ("Halo"). The mutability of Kele Okereke's vocals adds to the project's scattershot feel: On the jittery "Mercury" and the more ethereal (and more satisfying) "Ion Square," he sounds like completely different people. As such, the results fall closer to inconsistency than Intimacy.