Thursday, May 27, 2010

Stuff That I Listened To: "The Suburbs" and "Month of May" by Arcade Fire

Two new Arcade Fire songs have just been released from their upcoming album The Suburbs (available August 3).  You can check 'em out here.

Overall.....meh, I dunno.  The songs are more overtly indie-sounding then the Arcade Fire have been in the past: Month of May sounds like an LCD Soundsystem song or something, and The Suburbs sort of sounds like New Pornographers.  I like both of the songs well enough, but they're lacking some of the unique instrumentation and emotional intensity of past Arcade Fire releases.  Then again, I used to dislike Antichrist Television Blues (off of Neon Bible) and now that's probably one of my favourites of theirs, so the new stuff could just as easily grow on me.  Actually, The Suburbs is starting to grow on me as we speak.  The album will be pre-ordered, anyways.  EDIT: The vinyl is a double vinyl, so it's $24.99.  Yipes!  Never mind about that pre-ordering.



What do you guys think of the new tracks?  Sound off in the comments section!

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