Another great recommendation from @orangedoranges, this underrated album is full of solid and consistent post-punk that has an indie rock feel and a weird nostalgia feeling. I've listened to post-punk before but I haven't checked out the revival side of it, so maybe that's why I get this indie rock feeling from it.
Vocal performances from Kele are very nice, production is solid, the experimentation thrown into this was executed quite well, and the "forgettable" tracks according to ... read more
When people think of bloc party, they think of silent alarm. That’s fine because that’s a great record, but it’s not their best. When a weekend in the city came out people went lukewarm on the band because of the new direction they took. That hate was obviously unjustified, and it impacted the record horribly. It went virtually unnoticed, always shadowed by the hate it got and the love of their first record. This is their magnum opus. It has their best lyrics, best ... read more
Bloc Party goes more on experimenting in this one, resulting in a surely great album but that's a bit worse than their debut "Silent Alarm", still has some epic bangers like "Song For Clay" (best song imo), "Hunting For Witches" and "Waiting For The 7:18", but unlike their first one which is consistent on good songs this one has few forgettable moments like "The Prayer", "On" and "Flux".
After this album they've got in a ... read more
1 | Song for Clay (Disappear Here) 4:49 | 88 |
2 | Hunting for Witches 3:30 | 93 |
3 | Waiting For The 7:18 4:15 | 87 |
4 | The Prayer 3:45 | 77 |
5 | Uniform 5:31 | 82 |
6 | On 4:46 | 74 |
7 | Where Is Home? 4:53 | 75 |
8 | Kreuzberg 5:25 | 83 |
9 | I Still Remember 4:21 | 83 |
10 | Flux 3:35 | 78 |
11 | Sunday 4:59 | 81 |
12 | Srxt 4:51 | 84 |
#8 | / | Gigwise |
#10 | / | A.V. Club |
#20 | / | NME |
#30 | / | Drowned in Sound |
#47 | / | Consequence of Sound |