Intimacy - New Bloc Party Album

I was waiting for a new one from Bloc Party since "A Weekend in the City", which I think is one of the best albums of that year.
"Intimacy" continues in the same direction of the last one, which is more experimental and electronic than their earlier days of pretty ordinary Indie-Rock.
Although "Intimacy" is getting better reviews than "Weekend in the City" has, it seems to me that the reviewers are just aligning with Bloc Party after they where caught by surprise with the previews one and not because the new one is better.
Don't get me wrong it's a good album. It starts with a bang - "Ares" (which sounds like the Chemical Brothers "Setting Sun"), "Mercury" and "Halo" are fast and load.
"Mercury" video:

After this first assault "Biko" lets you mellow down a bit, but not for long cause here comes "Trojan Horse" - maybe the only "classic" Indie guitar song on the album.
The album continues with a mix of slow and fast songs, I have to say the slower ones are my favorites in this album ("Signs", "Zephyrus", "Better Than Heaven" and "Ion Square").

It took me more than a couple of listens to catch-on to "Weekend in the City" so maybe "Intimacy" will be the same cause there sure are some good songs on it.