A Weekend in the City

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Bloc Party

Album • Feb 06 / 2007 • 13 songs, 59m 44s • 98%
Post-Punk Revival Indie Rock
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Roughly two years after their dynamic debut Silent Alarm, Bloc Party are no less earnest and deadly serious, but no less in charge of their craft either.

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Album number two might've been the perfect time for Bloc Party to buff its sinewy, tense dance-rock into something even more overtly palatable than 2005's excellent Silent Alarm. And on the surface, A Weekend In The City smells a bit like a shot at a wider audience. It's less frantic, less reliant on Kele Okereke's…

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From the post-post-punk of their early EPs to Silent Alarm's sprawl of sounds and ideas, Bloc Party has never shied away from reinventing their music.

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8.0 / 10

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<p>Kele Okereke and co make their keenly awaited return.</p>

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4 / 10

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