Bloc Party Release New Track "Love Bombs" About Human Connection

Bloc Party have released their latest single, Love Bombs, with frontman Kele Okereke saying the song captures the way "feelings of connection can make us do dramatic things" when falling in love.

The track is taken from the band's upcoming album, Anatomy Of A Brief Romance, which is scheduled for release this September through their new label, cOnTAGIOUS LTD.

The record has been described as Bloc Party's most intimate project yet, and Okereke explained that Love Bombs centers on the excitement and uncertainty that often come with a new romance. He said: “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.”

Among the song's lyrics are: “I want to cool you down, I want to rough you up, I want to crawl all over you, most of the time”.

Other lines include: “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 previously about Anatomy Of A Brief Romance, Okereke told NME that the band collaborated with acclaimed producer Trevor Horn on the project.

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.”

Discussing the album's overall sound, Okereke added: “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.”

Okereke also reflected on the band's collaborative songwriting process, saying that working together always produces stronger results than writing individually.

He added: “I realise that now, and I didn’t at the start.”