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Post by timeforheroes on Dec 16, 2004 14:25:34 GMT -5
Funeral is without a doubt one of the best albums of the year. It's quite unfortunate they're having to measure up to the hype already, it's not fair on them.
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Post by Kittens-In-A-Hoodie on Dec 17, 2004 4:17:31 GMT -5
Yes, it's really very good indeed. Very fine songs, as well as being quite musically diverse, ambitious, and having a nice cover, all which are most welcome.
My personal faves are:
"Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels)" which sounds like David Byrne fronting the Flaming Lips.
"Neighbourhood #3" (Power Out)" which sounds like Orange Juice meets the Cure, with handclaps and a glockenspeil.
"Crown Of Love" which sounds like The Cars covering a Tom Waits song.
"Wake Up" which is a fabulous anthem, complete with a choir, and could surely be a hit single too.
"Rebellion (Lies)" which is my current favourite, and also sounds a bit like The Cars, but with more desperation.
There are no dud tracks on the album though.
Having been bigged up so heavily in the USofA there has apparently been some kind of bidding frenzy from UK labels keen to get their sticky mits on "Funeral". Do we know who finally won?
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Post by if on Dec 17, 2004 6:15:35 GMT -5
Rough Trade, they're putting it out at the end of February I think
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Post by timeforheroes on Jan 4, 2005 8:23:58 GMT -5
My favourite defientely is In The Backseat, closely followed by Rebellion (lies).
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Post by Steveweiser on Sept 11, 2005 19:37:06 GMT -5
Only really discovered this lot recently, they must be the best Canadian band since... er... have there actually been ANY really great Canadian bands?
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Post by klee on Sept 12, 2005 3:40:49 GMT -5
Canada seems to be better at giving us singer songwriters. It gave us Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and Rufus Wainwright among others, though most of them have to go to the USA to make anything of their careers.
The Arcade Fire are fucking amazing live. Energy you simply wouldn't believe on stage. There's always about nine musicians on there, instrument-swapping, on backing vocals, dressing up in crash helmets and hitting themselves.
When I saw them they kept us waiting and waiting for In The Back Seat, which they closed the show with. Spine-tingling stuff. I especially love Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels). At their best they sound like a blend between folk, art-rock and gospel, which is a far more palatable mixture than it sounds.
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Post by agrippina on Sept 12, 2005 7:08:37 GMT -5
I'm still annoyed that I didn't get to go to the Leeds festy and therefore missed out on what was reported to be an astounding performance by Arcade Fire. I love Rebellion (Lies), in part because of the squeaky backing vocals that go "Lies! Lies!", and Neighbourhood (Tunnels), but there really isn't a bad track on the whole album. I hope they're around for a long while yet so I can go and see them next time they tour.
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Post by andreipj on Sept 12, 2005 9:02:09 GMT -5
The Arcade Fire are fucking amazing live. Energy you simply wouldn't believe on stage. There's always about nine musicians on there, instrument-swapping, on backing vocals, dressing up in crash helmets and hitting themselves. Haha. Why didn't anyone say it back in May when i was offered a ticket to see them. I downloaded the album, gave it a listen, thought they sounded as midgets and said so. Funnily enough I don't see the midget undertone now. Sadface
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Post by ninefootjoe on Sept 15, 2005 9:18:29 GMT -5
Yes they are superb live, saw them at Reading. Loved the percussion wars. They finished with Power Out And Rebellion (Lies), doesn't get much better really.
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Post by Poptastic! on Sept 20, 2005 3:14:20 GMT -5
I had heard a few of their songs and not really 'got' them, until I saw them by chance on TOTP the other week and I've been listening to Rebellion (Lies) non-stop ever since. Which song would you suggest I hear next, as a pop fan?
Jessica
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Post by Steveweiser on Sept 20, 2005 5:15:21 GMT -5
Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) is probably their poppiest song other than Rebellion (Lies), and it also has a weird cartoon video involving some sort of midgets and "men" getting electrocuted.
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Post by andreipj on Sept 20, 2005 8:15:30 GMT -5
midgets! ha!
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Post by MoondialSlater on Sept 29, 2005 18:54:25 GMT -5
Which song would you suggest I hear next, as a pop fan? "No Cars Go" from the first album.
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Post by undisco_me on Oct 2, 2005 10:46:18 GMT -5
Rebellion (Lies) is so good; it sounds like Billy Corgan imagining the best pop song ever. I just feel so overwhelmed everytime I hear it, which has been a lot. I love the video, with the soft and frosted focus, it makes it all seem incredibly magical and romantic if that sounds right.
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Post by Splendid* on Oct 4, 2005 18:14:58 GMT -5
Canada seems tobe a hotbed of musical talent right now, what with the likes of Stars who have produced possibly the best pop album of 2005, stable mates Broken Social Scene and now the Arcade Fire. 'Rebellion/Lies' is amazing and the album aint have bad either.
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Post by Steveweiser on Nov 6, 2005 12:21:59 GMT -5
Wake Up's being played quite a lot during Man United/Chelsea...
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Post by PushTheBuena on Jan 3, 2006 21:38:06 GMT -5
The "ooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHs" on In The Back Seat are the best thing ever, literally spine tingling. Great great album.
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Post by catriona on Jan 18, 2006 20:48:00 GMT -5
Great Canadian bands? I was about to mention Broken Social Scene, but they're not so much a band as a moveable feast. Canadians tend not to play well with others. It's our geography, I think. The next town can be four hundred miles away. But we've got the market cornered on quirky individualism. Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Sarahs Harmer and McLachlan, Jann Arden, Hawksley Workman, Alanis Morissette, Sam Roberts, Daniel Lanois, Robbie Robertson... ad infinitum. It's a kind of a musical crucible we've got here. It works.
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