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A Weekend In The City

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A Weekend In The City

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Tracklist

    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Song For Clay (Disappear Here) 4:49 218,320
2 Hunting For Witches 3:30 310,995
3 Waiting For The 7.18 4:15 189,342
4 The Prayer 3:43 307,480
5 Uniform 5:31 219,442
6 On 4:47 204,583
7 Where Is Home? 4:53 197,492
8 Kreuzberg 5:25 209,270
9 I Still Remember 4:20 280,840
10 Flux 3:38 167,142
11 Sunday 4:59 197,174
12 SRXT 4:51 135,341

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© Universal Music Ireland Ltd. (2007) Released: 19 Nov 2007 12 tracks (54:41)
Bloc Party may have arrived in an outbreak of like-minded British bands set upon shooting holes in the Union Jack while knocking out a sharp post-punk soundtrack, but it didn’t take long for the foursome to set itself apart from the pack. Fronted by Nigerian-born singer Kele Okereke, the group’s 2005 debut, Silent Alarm, soared as much on crystal ambition as it did on ridiculously danceable pop melodies. This follow-up is darker, more cluttered, and harder to digest. That doesn’t make it less striking. Exploring themes of racism, terrorism, sexuality, addiction, and death—the usual fodder for a cosmopolitan three-day bender—Weekend in the City is an album that plays to Bloc Party’s strengths: tempo-shifting rhythms, inventive art-rock arrangements, and lyrics that twist and turn on a whim. “The Prayer” and “Uniform” are particular standouts, capturing moments when Okereke lets self-importance fade and majestic beats take charge. —Aidin Vaziri
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