Drummer Looking To Leave the Bloc Party?

The future of Bloc Party has been thrown into doubt after percussionist Matt Tong revealed that he was savouring the prospect of new challenges.

He commented during an interview:

"We definitely need to have a break and gain a bit of perspective on life outside of the band. Hopefully if we do reconvene at some point in the future we'll be refreshed and have so many ideas to bring to what it is we do.

"I definitely don't think this will be the last you'll hear of the people who make up Bloc Party.

"We definitely need to have a break and gain a bit of perspective on life outside of the band. Hopefully if we do reconvene at some point in the future we'll be refreshed and have so many ideas to bring to what it is we do.

"I definitely don't think this will be the last you'll hear of the people who make up Bloc Party. Kele is an insatiable workaholic and creating is something he is so connected to so you'll definitely hear from him again along with Russell and Gordon also.

"As for me I don't know, I wouldn't mind trying something else for a while."

The boys have been together for just over ten years having decided to form a band during the 1999 Reading Festival. Their previous album, Intimacy, was released in August of 2008.