Silent Alarm was released in February 2005 and was met with universal critical acclaim. It was voted ‘Album of the Year’ for 2005 by NME , and reached number 3 on the UK Albums Chart before being certified platinum . The first single from the album, “So Here We Are/Positive Tension”, made the top 5 on the UK Top 40 chart. Further singles “Banquet” (which reached number 13 in NME’ s ‘Top 50 Singles of 2005’), ” Helicopter “, and ” Pioneers “, whilst failing to repeat this success, still managed to reach the UK top 20. The animated video for “Pioneers,” made by the Shoreditch -based Minivegas design agency, was top of the NME video charts for four weeks. NME tagged them as “art-rock” at that time but the band felt it was too limited.
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