#601

Listened to this while trying to fall asleep the other night and the main thing that stood out was how simple and thin the melodies and hooks of each song were. To distract from this it seemed like there was an attempt to chuck a load of other stuff at the songs to compensate for this. Simple songs are fine but then they have to be able to stand on their own without all the hoohah.

Some good songs on here but overall not very engaging or interesting as an experience.

#602

Saw a guy wearing the Everything Now t-shirt last night. Felt really bad for him.

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#603

I pre-ordered ‘Everything Now’ and all I got was this lousy t-shirt… and album

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#604

I’ve got a t-shirt with a nice Arcade Fire logo on the front, but then all Everything Now stuff on the back and arms. If I wear a jacket over it then nobody’s any the wiser.

#605

Yeah, the Arcade Fire infinity logo is great, shame they stuck all that other shite all over it

#606

You know, for an album that I consider myself to be disappointed in, I sure have listened to it a lot

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#607

Should put on the back

TRACKS 1-4 AND 9-12 ARE OK!!!

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#608

Number 1 in America and the Uk

#609

*to tracks 1, 2, 4, 9, 11, 12 and 13 A LOT

#610

I don’t know if it’s just me but I ADORE Funeral, but have always found Crown of Love to be pretty cringe

#611

Also, Supersymmetry is absolutely gorgeous and massively underrated imo

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#612

It’s the weakest on there, i think. The climax feels a bit tacked on.

Still a decent tune though.

#613

I like Supersymmetry but it feels like a better fit on the Her OST than it does on Reflektor

#614

On that note, looked like they played a song called ‘Dimensions’ from the Her OST at a show recently - https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/arcade-fire/2017/metro-chicago-il-53e53b89.html

#615

That song is amazing

#616

Nice, I’ll check it out. Maybe they’re planning to finally release that album and claw back some critical favour?

#617
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#618

I am in the minority, but for me:

Funeral > Neon Bible >>>>The Suburbs >>>>Reflektor>>>>>>>>>>>Everything Now.

Black Mirror is fucking magical.

Got my sister to listen to the new one and her response was “Where are all their beautiful instruments and chords?”. Quite.

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#619

I’d agree with this, not 100% sure about the order of Suburbs vs Reflektor (the more time I give Suburbs the less I like it, and vice versa with Reflektor), but for me Neon Bible is pretty close to Funeral.

#620

didn’t have much of an opinion on Crown of Love until seeing them do it live, quite like it now.

Supersymmetry is ok but not that exciting and twice the length it should be.