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October 24, 2004

More Arcade Fire

Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)

Prolly my favorite song of the year.

You might think it's a bit over the top, melodramatic, histrionic, whatever. And you might be right. I think it's one of the most sincere and authentic songs I've heard, ever. There is an emotional crescendo that almost climaxes halfway through the song, subsides, builds back up, and hits the crux in the last act. This song will bring a tear to my eye when I allow it. Not so much the lyric (although I really like what I can decipher of the lyric), but the music itself. Apparently the band members experienced a series of deaths in the family and their sadness (coexisting with hope) is evident in the music. The album is titled "Funerals."

There is a lot of hype around Arcade Fire right now which may scare some of you off and I guess that makes sense since hype can be annoying (like the hype around that movie Garden State where feigned honesty rendered contrived and specious innocence, even though there were some nice moments). But it (hype) don't come out of a vacuum either.

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This photo is from an MP3 blog called Stereogum where you can many good things.

Posted by jimweed at October 24, 2004 04:42 PM

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Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) is a much better song. Favorite song of the year? My first offical post on an indie rocker site. Losers

Posted by: Over to Texas at October 24, 2004 08:47 PM

you love indie rockers and you wish you were one. which is why you own chuck taylors.

Posted by: funhater at October 24, 2004 09:15 PM

The Arcade Fire is incredible. Thanks for posting that mp3, I was looking for it everywhere!

Posted by: Antakya at March 14, 2005 09:01 AM

The Arcade Fire is incredible. Thanks for posting that mp3, I was looking for it everywhere!

Posted by: at March 14, 2005 09:02 AM