during july, bloc party recorded two new tracks with "silent alarm" producer paul epworth. the songs were released as an extended play called "two more years". the release of this ep came with another release of "silent alarm", which had on it both "two more years" and old single "little thoughts". "two more years" was released later at the same time as their october 2005 uk tour. the single also had a remix of "banquet" done by the streets, for which a music video was also made.