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Really cool observations here, dyson. I am just getting into art rock like Arcade Fire, Patrick Watson, Doveman, Nico Muhly, and a few others out of Canada, and I had no idea that “Suburbs” was Arcade Fire’s 3rd album! I’m definitely going to check out “Neon Bible” now.
Glad you could manage to pull away some of my nonsense from all of this.
Curious to hear what you think of Neon Bible after hearing Funeral and Suburbs.
Thanks!
I’m not family with Via Audio or Tigercity, but I was ready to fight you over Arcade Fire. I was sure that, regardless of the differences in production, Neon Bible was equally as good as Funeral — a tough thing for any band to achieve.
To solidify my argument, I listened to both albums in their entirety. And my opinion changed.
Neon Bible is a well crafted album, but you’re right, it doesn’t have the emotional punch that Funeral — or their self-titled EP — has.
Then I got to “My Body Is A Cage”, and I changed back. Maybe a single song doesn’t make an album, but it can validate an album’s worth of production technique and playing style. I don’t think MBIAC would have been nearly as powerful if Arcade Fire recorded it as loosely as they did with, say, Wake Up on Funeral.
As for The Suburbs, I listened to most of it on NPR.org (they were streaming it last week). I look forward to obsessing over and over and over again like I did AF’s first two releases.
Everyone has their opinions about all 3 records now. Hard not to admit that Arcade Fire has made a strong impact on music (especially live, it’s like going to church!) So breaking them down into my formula was quite easy and they were the band that got me thinking about all of this.
Knowing your taste, Tigercity and Via Audio might now be your thing, but Tigercity’s EP is a hell of a good time.