Bloc Party’s new single Love Bombs explores how “feelings of connection can make us do dramatic things”.
The track is from the band’s upcoming record Anatomy Of A Brief Romance, which is due for release this September on new record label cOnTAGIOUS LTD.
It’s been described as their most personal album to date, and singer Kele Oreke explained of synth track Love Bombs: “At the start of a new relationship our feelings of connection can make us do dramatic things.
“Love Bombs is the sound of a new love flowering, in beautiful romantic gestures. But under the surface is the ever present fear that maybe this new love, although shiny and great, maybe this new love might not last forever.”
Lyrics include “I want to cool you down, I want to rough you up, I want to crawl all over you, most of the time”.
As well as “I’m thinking about collecting your laughter, and sealing it safe in a jar” as well as “I’m thinking about framing the napkin you bled on and mounting it on my wall”.
Speaking about the Anatomy Of A Brief Romance previously, Okereke told NME that it saw the group team up with “super producer Trevor Horn”.
He said: “He’s made some of my favourite records of all time, so it’s quite interesting to hear what he has to say. He’s been making records for most of his life, for over 50 years, so he seems to know all the tricks. He seems to know everyone as well and have a story about everyone.
“It’s a record about heartbreak, really.”
Okereke added of the album’s sound: “I think it feels quite synthetic in places. The term that we were bandying around at the start was ‘disco heartbreak’.
“That was the umbrella, but it’s kind of morphed into something else.”
The band are known for teaming up when it comes to writing their songs, with Okereke adding the process is “greater than the sum of its parts”.
He added: “I realise that now, and I didn’t at the start.”