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Originally Posted by troutman
Spin loves the new Arcade Fire, The Suburbs (Aug 3rd):
http://www.spin.com/reviews/arcade-fire-suburbs-merge
Arcade Fire's blazingly intense third album
This is a bigger, more byzantine Arcade Fire . . .There are no wrong turns.
Radiant with apocalyptic tension and grasping to sustain real bonds, The Suburbs extends hungrily outward, recalling the dystopic miasma of William Gibson's sci-fi novels and Sonic Youth's guitar odysseys. Desperate to elude its own corrosive dread, it keeps moving, asking, looking, and making the promise that hope isn't just another spiritual cul-de-sac. After all, you never know who might be coming in the next car. |
I've been underwhelmed by the tracks I've already heard, but I'm always skeptical of Arcade Fire's stuff through the first few listens. They'll learn me in the end, I'm sure.