In 2004, on the back of there debut release Funeral, Arcade Fire became the darlings of the Indie music scene, so I decided to pick up a copy of the record, but to be honest I did see what the big deal was.
Yet for some reason, I kept listening to it and slowly began to see why so many people loved them, and now it is one of the few albums that I have that I would label as perfection.
However, the same couldn’t be the same for the 2007 follow up Neon Bible, it was bloated and dull, and I tried to get into, I really did, but there was no such eureka moment, I pretty much hated it. It wasn’t all bad, I really love Keep The Car Running, Intervention and Antichrist Television blues but there are eleven tracks on the album, and only three are good, that is fucking terrible.
Having been so disappointed by Neon Bible, I was extremely apprehensive in approaching the suburbs, and this wasn’t helped when I heard some of the songs from the album on the radio before it came out.
Thank sweet heavily Christ, The Suburbs is a welcome return to from.
The suburbs, is a journey into the dark underbelly of suburban life, and it’s a journey that I will be taking again and again. This is an album, that contains the bombast that Arcade Fire have become known for, but it also contains more introspective and quite moments.
This album, has similarities to their debut, but there is enough original ideas that prevent this from being a carbon copy.
But, I really cant see this converting anyone who previously weren’t fans of the band, but if you are a fan, you wills ove this, and if you were disappointed by this, you will really love The Suburbs.
Highlights
Month Of May
Rococo
Empty Room
