Bloc Party remove ‘A Weekend In The City: B-Sides’ from streaming: “The audio quality was well below what we expect”

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Bloc Party have removed their new release ‘A Weekend In The City: B-Sides’ from streaming as the audio quality was “well below what we expect”.The collection of non-album tracks from the sessions for their second studio record was released today (November 22), but the band have withdrawn it from streaming platforms after finding that the sound quality was subpar.In a post on X, the band said: “The audio quality of A Weekend In The City B-Sides was well below what we expect, owing to a number of errors at the record label.

We are looking to fix this as soon as possible, but until then we have removed the songs from streaming. We will update you ASAP.”pic.twitter.com/4ZD7bKwBry— Bloc Party (@BlocParty) November 22, 2024Bloc Party’s management have also issued a statement on the situation, writing on Reddit: “I saw the complaints about sound quality and you’re right – it’s a mess.

It transpires that PIAS, the record label with whom the band has partnered to release the catalogue recordings have used rips, rather than taking the time to find the masters and deliver them to DSPs like we were told they were doing.”“As far as we are concerned, this is totally unacceptable and a bit of an insult to those of you who have been excited to hear these songs properly, particularly the likes of Vision Of Heaven that have been impossible to come by in a lossless format historically.”“From my side, I can only apologise that this wasn’t caught before these songs went live today,” the statement continued.