“If you're going to do melancholy, why not do loud melancholy? That seems to be the motto for Weekend, the sad-eyed guitar boys with the incongruously cheery name. They spun heads with their noise-loving debut, but they take a massive jump on Jinx – this isn't just a monster guitar album, it's a monster groove album. Weekend go widescreen with a goth sense of grandeur, as desperate longing rings ou”
“Expanding from a trio to a quartet, the shadowy Brooklyn-via-San Francisco post-punk band's second LP features a strong palette of blacks and grays but, unlike their 2010 debut, Jinx also has a reflective, acrylic gloss to it. Weekend are making lucid, pop-conscious moves.”
