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Originally Posted by Dirty0900
Bloc Party
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the new bloc party 'weekend in the city' album leaked about a month ago and its a triumph imo. the band has expanded & matured their sound from the agit-pop danceable guitar laden beats of 1st album, with excellent production work throughout.
lyrically, it nails every topic it covers, especially the track 'hunting for witches' which has a fantastic guitar hook in it.
stand outs for me are 'the prayer' which has a nice hiphop feel running thru it, 'on' which for me is the best song written about drug use in our generation for a long while, and 'kreuzberg' & 'sunday' which are simply beautiful love songs.
also originally my least favourite track 'i still remember' was wormed its way into my affections as a great pop song, when originally i was slating it for apeing coldplay/U2
will be surprised if the album doesn't blow up and they're not headlining the major festivals next summer. its that stong a collection of songs which combine to be more than the sum of their parts imo