Silent Alarm Turns 20

“Like Eating Glass” — perfect Side One Track One. Scratch that, it’s two kinds of perfect Side One Track Ones. At least for the first 30 seconds, think Interpol’s “Untitled” or the xx’s “Intro,” a band coming into their debut so confident and fully-formed that they start the thing with their own instrumental walk-up music. In Bloc Party’s case, the blare of an open E string, basically a tuning exercise, announces that surely, Shit’s About to Go Down. And then it’s ju...

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