Aside from a few decent tracks, the new Bloc Party is pretty weak. Their debut "Silent Alarm" and their EPs were much better. On "Weekend In The City" they've seemed to have dumb their material down and infused a little U2/Coldplay-esque esthetic into their sound. Which completely sucks. But anyhow, none of you guys wanted to talk about Bloc Party back when their "promising" material came out. But now since MTV and whatever media outlent has put them on rotation, you guys want to chit chat about 'em all of a sudden. Goes to show most here are sheep and won't follow unless MTV, VH1, myspace, or the radio say so.
Anyhow, I assume Bloc Party has sacrificed a good chunk of quality musicianmanship and songcraft in lieu of major promotion. They could've chosen the route of making a truly great and inventive album, but chosen darkness of the majors instead. The album is really boring in some parts, especially evident with the singles released thus far. I Still Remember is ****.
And man, Kele shouldn't have stretched his vocal range like he does on certain parts of the album. It sounds bad.
