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Arcade Fire - "We" is out May 6, 2022
Posted on 4/27/22 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 4/27/22 at 1:35 pm
Let's get this album its own thread.
We have 3 singles now. I enjoyed Lightning I and II more than Unconditional I, but Unconditional is solid.
Looking forward to this album.
We have 3 singles now. I enjoyed Lightning I and II more than Unconditional I, but Unconditional is solid.
Looking forward to this album.
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Posted on 4/27/22 at 1:39 pm to SUB
every review I have read so far says this is an elite-tier Fire album.
Posted on 4/28/22 at 4:14 pm to CBandits82
Supposedly AF is going to release a sister album around a year after this is released. Just a rumor tho
This post was edited on 4/28/22 at 4:14 pm
Posted on 4/29/22 at 8:54 am to Macintosh
It's rumored to be titled "They"
Posted on 5/3/22 at 8:35 pm to SUB
This Friday 
I may get a physical copy of this, where the hell would I go to buy a new release CD?
I may get a physical copy of this, where the hell would I go to buy a new release CD?
Posted on 5/6/22 at 7:25 am to SUB
About 3/4 of the way through first listen and… I needed this. Really really good.
A good indicator is that my wife came into room and said “Damn. This is good!” She’s the type of person who I have to subject to new music repeatedly before she starts to like it. This album, though, is like a warm, fuzzy and familiar Arcade Fire blanket.
A good indicator is that my wife came into room and said “Damn. This is good!” She’s the type of person who I have to subject to new music repeatedly before she starts to like it. This album, though, is like a warm, fuzzy and familiar Arcade Fire blanket.
This post was edited on 5/6/22 at 7:32 am
Posted on 5/6/22 at 8:46 am to hogfly
I know almsot as little about AF as one can know. Here is the extent of my knoweldgge:
-I listened to suburbs a while back. It was ok, but none of the tracks stick in my memory and if one was played right now I wouldn't be able to recognize it
-I listened to funeral and liked it better. There's a couple tracks on there I would recognize if I heard them.
-I have literally never heard any other song or album by AF aside from the above
Wiht that in mind...does this album compare favorably with those 2?
-I listened to suburbs a while back. It was ok, but none of the tracks stick in my memory and if one was played right now I wouldn't be able to recognize it
-I listened to funeral and liked it better. There's a couple tracks on there I would recognize if I heard them.
-I have literally never heard any other song or album by AF aside from the above
Wiht that in mind...does this album compare favorably with those 2?
Posted on 5/6/22 at 8:53 am to WG_Dawg
Yes. It's much more like Funeral and Neon Bible than anything they've released recently.
I mean, it's kind of operatic concept-driven indie rock. Individual songs are good, but the album is best digested as a whole.
I mean, it's kind of operatic concept-driven indie rock. Individual songs are good, but the album is best digested as a whole.
Posted on 5/6/22 at 9:23 am to hogfly
Listened to the whole thing in the car this morning, first listen it seemed kind of slow to me, all the songs were heavy acoustic and paced pretty slow.
I'm about to listen to it again now that I have had coffee.
I'm about to listen to it again now that I have had coffee.
Posted on 5/6/22 at 9:53 am to WG_Dawg
quote:
-I listened to funeral and liked it better. There's a couple tracks on there I would recognize if I heard them.
You are not a fan. There are songs on there that are simply iconic and brilliant and unique.
Posted on 5/6/22 at 10:57 am to rebelrouser
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You are not a fan.
no shite? What gave you that impression? Could it have bene where I said
quote:
I know almsot as little about AF as one can know.
Posted on 5/6/22 at 12:39 pm to rebelrouser
quote:
You are not a fan. There are songs on there that are simply iconic and brilliant and unique.
Posted on 5/6/22 at 12:52 pm to WG_Dawg
Thanks for "adding" to the Arcade Fire thread w/ I'm not a fan. Nice take.
Posted on 5/6/22 at 1:11 pm to rebelrouser
If all AF fans are like you then I'm glad I'm not part of the club
Posted on 5/6/22 at 1:12 pm to rebelrouser
Baw, he seems interested in the band but hasn't heard much, so "not a fan"...yet? Why you being such an arse to him?
Posted on 5/6/22 at 1:14 pm to SUB
Say what you will about the music, but there's no way this isn't the most pretentious track listing ever assembled.
1. "Age of Anxiety I"
2. "Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)"
3. "Prelude"
4. "End of the Empire I–III"
5. "End of the Empire IV (Sagittarius A*)"
6. "The Lightning I"
7. "The Lightning II"
8. "Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)"
9. "Unconditional II (Race and Religion)"
10. "We"
A "Prelude" and a whopping FOUR tracks broken into chapters? "The Age of...," "The End of...," "Race AND Religion"?!
It's as though they're daring us to listen to this thing. These guys must be loads of fun at parties.
1. "Age of Anxiety I"
2. "Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)"
3. "Prelude"
4. "End of the Empire I–III"
5. "End of the Empire IV (Sagittarius A*)"
6. "The Lightning I"
7. "The Lightning II"
8. "Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)"
9. "Unconditional II (Race and Religion)"
10. "We"
A "Prelude" and a whopping FOUR tracks broken into chapters? "The Age of...," "The End of...," "Race AND Religion"?!
It's as though they're daring us to listen to this thing. These guys must be loads of fun at parties.
Posted on 5/6/22 at 1:27 pm to SUB
I enjoyed second listen much more.
Posted on 5/6/22 at 1:32 pm to WG_Dawg
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If all AF fans are like you then I'm glad I'm not part of the club
"What we have here is a failure to communicate..."
Some breakdown occurred between he and you at some point during this thread. I understood your original post and intent and appreciate that you're AF curious. :lol:
Posted on 5/6/22 at 1:37 pm to Hoodie
It's always hard to tell whether they're being ironic and tongue in cheek or whether they REALLY take themselves this seriously.
Posted on 5/6/22 at 2:21 pm to hogfly
Probably. My point was if you don't like Funeral, you may not like other albums because that is their best and most accessible. One listen into this one, and i'm not a fan yet.
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