A Weekend In The City is Bloc Party’s second record, a cold robotic hangover dwelling in the shadow of their jerky debut
A Silent Alarm. Whereas their debut fused Gang Of Four’s jerky to brittle Joy Division melodies,
A Weekend In The City is a far more adventurous set, less likely to fill indie disco floors with its soft, forlorn approach to the post-punk formula but no worse for it.
Anyone who enjoyed
This Modern Love or
Bluest Light on the debut will find much to enjoy here, less so those who just liked Bloc Party for their crunchy up-tempo numbers such as
Helicopter.
A Weekend In The City is very much a rich and progressive record, some might say brave effort, from a band who earned such brownie points for their initial brash sound suddenly turning around and coming up with something completely far more substantial than mere three minute rock outs. The soundtrack of this album is comprised of a slowed...
