The next EP, Little Thoughts was released the same year only in Japan; it included Bloc Party's first UK Top 40 entry, the double A-side "Little Thoughts/Tulips", which peaked at number 38.

In late 2005, Silent Alarm was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and was voted as the NME Album of the Year.

[3][4] After two years, during which their songs appeared on several compilations, the band members released A Weekend in the City in 2007.

Four was produced by Alex Newport (The Mars Volta, At the Drive-In, and Polysics), and the album was recorded and mixed in New York City.

[7] Notes Listed are songs that were not released by Bloc Party as stand-alone singles, but which were included in third-party formats.