THE thing with Bloc Party is that, while every song sounds perfectly good on its own, it's never different enough from their last to maintain interest.

Two More Years is their first new material since debut album Silent Alarm but it sounds like it should have been included on it, such is the dedication to their tried-and-trusted formula.

To compound the problem, it's not as good as say, This Modern Love, from the album.

Released October 3, 2005.

Kate Bradbury