Arcade Fire

SGR · 07-05-2022, 08:26 AM

One of the greatest post-2000's bands to reach any sort of cultural relevance imo. Much more interesting than the White Stripes, and much more fun to listen to than Radiohead or Brand New.

The Suburbs is one of those albums for me. A treasure of my teenage years - can't help getting nostalgic every time I listen to it. Certainly helps the effect given the subject matter.

I'm with adidasss though, their latest album wasn't very good. Their last great one was Reflektor, and even that one was a bit of a disappointment in retrospect.

jadis · 07-06-2022, 04:04 AM

My opinion of them went from "hmm not my thing necessarily but certainly a refreshing presence in the Montreal music scene" to "I will pay you money to not play this band at this café". One of my favorite moments in recent times was seeing them launch an NFT. That was so good.

But they've had their moments, credit where due. I esp like this track where Régine sounds like Bjork. Beautiful melody

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsmE...nnel=DickRutan

music_collector · 07-06-2022, 09:37 PM

Régine does have a great voice. Do you think she sings lead enough on each album? I wonder what the band would sound like if they did more of a Stars vibe, the way Amy and Torq go back and forth?

My favourite song with Régine is Mountains beyond mountains from Suburbs.

07-05-2022, 08:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
SGR No Ice In My Bourbon Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: /dev/null Posts: 4,327	One of the greatest post-2000's bands to reach any sort of cultural relevance imo. Much more interesting than the White Stripes, and much more fun to listen to than Radiohead or Brand New. The Suburbs is one of those albums for me. A treasure of my teenage years - can't help getting nostalgic every time I listen to it. Certainly helps the effect given the subject matter. I'm with adidasss though, their latest album wasn't very good. Their last great one was Reflektor, and even that one was a bit of a disappointment in retrospect. Last edited by SGR; 07-05-2022 at 08:31 AM.

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jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,484	My opinion of them went from "hmm not my thing necessarily but certainly a refreshing presence in the Montreal music scene" to "I will pay you money to not play this band at this café". One of my favorite moments in recent times was seeing them launch an NFT. That was so good. But they've had their moments, credit where due. I esp like this track where Régine sounds like Bjork. Beautiful melody https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsmE...nnel=DickRutan

07-06-2022, 09:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
music_collector Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Canada Posts: 744	Régine does have a great voice. Do you think she sings lead enough on each album? I wonder what the band would sound like if they did more of a Stars vibe, the way Amy and Torq go back and forth? My favourite song with Régine is Mountains beyond mountains from Suburbs.