[[quoteright:350:Bloc Party are a British rock band formed in 1999. They're often stuck on the indie label, mainly due to their first album, Silent Alarm, being weighed amongst other indie albums of the time. However, with the second and third albums they have branched into a more electronic-sound while still maintaining some elements of indie rock. The fourth album, imaginatively named 'Four', features a heavier guitar sound that steers back into Silent Alarm territory and keeps going past the stopping point. * CrapsackWorld: The general overarching theme of A Weekend in the City.
It's a world where people consume excessive quantities of drugs to numb the pain of their otherwise dull, unfulfilled lives, where racism and discrimination are an everyday fact of life and can sometimes result in being murdered just for possessing a trait arbitrarily considered undesirable by someone else, and where, despite being surrounded by people, the denizens feel more alone than ever. [[DrivenToSuicide Some even kill themselves over it.]] [[FridgeHorror And it's our world]] [[ThisLoserIsYou of course]]. * CuteBookworm: The target of 'Better than Heaven's protagonist's affections. * CrapsackWorld: The general overarching theme of A 'A Weekend in the City.
It's a world where people consume excessive quantities of drugs to numb the pain of their otherwise dull, unfulfilled lives, where racism and discrimination are an everyday fact of life and can sometimes result in being murdered just for possessing a trait arbitrarily considered undesirable by someone else, and where, despite being surrounded by people, the denizens feel more alone than ever. [[DrivenToSuicide Some even kill themselves over it.]] [[FridgeHorror And it's our world]] [[ThisLoserIsYou of course]]. * CuteBookworm: The target of 'Better 'Better than Heaven's Heaven's protagonist's affections. * FilkSong: Song 'Song For Clay Clay' is inspired by LessThanZero. * HearingVoices: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin She's 'She's Hearing Voices.]] Voices']].
* HiddenTrack: Every 'Every Time Is The Last Time, Time', an instrumental ambient track, is Track 0 on the original release of Silent Alarm. * LoveNostalgiaSong: I 'I Still Remember, Remember', about a childhood crush from another boy towards another. * LyricalDissonance: Their dancier songs songs, such as One 'One More Chance Chance' and Flux 'Flux', are about failed/failing relationships.
* NewSoundAlbum: Bloc Party's debut album Silent Alarm was well received and known for its heavy use of guitars and was generally considered an example of an excellent indie album. As the band's career progressed they released A Weekend in the City and Intimacy, two albums with increasingly dancier music and less emphasis on guitars and other standard indie fare. ** For example, with Intimacy, Ares and Mercury are a complete departure from Silent Alarm, but by the third track, Halo, the guitars return and we're reminded of their early stuff. * NewSoundAlbum: Bloc Party's debut album Silent Alarm 'Silent Alarm' was well received and known for its heavy use of guitars and was generally considered an example of an excellent indie album. As the band's career progressed they released A 'A Weekend in the City City' and Intimacy, 'Intimacy', two albums with increasingly dancier music and less emphasis on guitars and other standard indie fare. ** For example, with Intimacy, Ares 'Intimacy', 'Ares' and Mercury 'Mercury' are a complete departure from Silent Alarm, but by the third track, Halo, 'Halo', the guitars return and we're reminded of their early stuff. * RippedFromTheHeadlines: 'Kettling', about the 2011 England riots, and 'Hunting for Witches', about post-7/7 media hysteria.
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