Blitz were a legendary Oi/UK82 band whose 1982 album "Voice of a Generation" is heralded as a pinnacle of the genre, so it's not surprising that the release of "Second Empire Justice", an album that saw Blitz trade in their Oi anthems for gloomy post-punk, incited a negative reaction. The band were labeled "sellouts" by fans, who were only able to see the progression as an attempt to jump on the Factory Records bandwagon. Though the sudden shift to new wave may have been polarizing, and despite overt influences and possibly direct plagiarism of Echo & the Bunnymen and Joy Division, "Second Empire Justice" is ultimately Blitz's best material.
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