Arcade Fire

Other than Pearl Jam, who else is there?
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Contrary to what seems like near universal opinion I like this new album quite a bit.

Everything now and put your money on me are absolute top shelf. I really like sign of life, we don't deserve love, and Peter Pan. Creature comfort is good. Good god damn, electric blue and chemistry are fine. The infinite content and bookend pieces can be annoying.

I might put this one above reflektor and neon Bible (well... maybe not NB)
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https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/ ... songs.html

Made a playlist from this Paste article. It's a really good 15track listen.

Empty Room
Creature Comfort
(Antichrist Television Blues)
Crown of Love
We Used To Wait
My Body is a Cage
Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
Reflektor
Ready to Start
Keep the Car Running
Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
Rebellion (Lies)
The Suburbs
Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
Wake Up
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Creature Comfort is fucking awesome.
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PHATJ wrote:Creature Comfort is fucking awesome.
Fuck yeah.
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The tracks that I did like have stuck with me. 4-5 decent tracks on this album.
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LetMeSleep wrote:The tracks that I did like have stuck with me. 4-5 decent tracks on this album.
Absolutely.

Even "Everything Now" has grown on me.
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Higgs wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:The tracks that I did like have stuck with me. 4-5 decent tracks on this album.
Absolutely.

Even "Everything Now" has grown on me.
:thumbsup: Creature Comfort, Deserve Love, Everything Now
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am i just not paying attention, or did this album really fall flat and under the radar, in general?
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bodysnatcher wrote:am i just not paying attention, or did this album really fall flat and under the radar, in general?
yeah, nobody care about AF anymore. Its just not cool ya know?
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PHATJ wrote:
Higgs wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:The tracks that I did like have stuck with me. 4-5 decent tracks on this album.
Absolutely.

Even "Everything Now" has grown on me.
:thumbsup: Creature Comfort, Deserve Love, Everything Now
Funny enough the opening run of Everything Now --> Signs of Life --> Creature Comfort is my favourite starting run to any album this year. Sad it loses its way from there.
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Higgs wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
Higgs wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:The tracks that I did like have stuck with me. 4-5 decent tracks on this album.
Absolutely.

Even "Everything Now" has grown on me.
:thumbsup: Creature Comfort, Deserve Love, Everything Now
Funny enough the opening run of Everything Now --> Signs of Life --> Creature Comfort is my favourite starting run to any album this year. Sad it loses its way from there.
Yeah that sounds reasonable. Then jump to the last two tracks.
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LetMeSleep wrote:
Higgs wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
Higgs wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:The tracks that I did like have stuck with me. 4-5 decent tracks on this album.
Absolutely.

Even "Everything Now" has grown on me.
:thumbsup: Creature Comfort, Deserve Love, Everything Now
Funny enough the opening run of Everything Now --> Signs of Life --> Creature Comfort is my favourite starting run to any album this year. Sad it loses its way from there.
Yeah that sounds reasonable. Then jump to the last two tracks.
After some real initial disappointment, I can now get on board with this. Those are the only 5 songs I listen to as well. The rest are really awful though.
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my first spin wasnt good, but the album is nice
play it loud
Sometimes I wanna drive around and find you
And act like it's a random thing
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bodysnatcher wrote:am i just not paying attention, or did this album really fall flat and under the radar, in general?
everything after the suburbs sucks.
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so why are tickets so cheap ?

$25 to sit 200 level at united center. and a TON of tickets available.
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BDB wrote:so why are tickets so cheap ?

$25 to sit 200 level at united center. and a TON of tickets available.
The tour has been selling terribly. San Diego seats were probably 1/2 empty. I read it's been like that at most cities. They are no longer an arena band though not sure they ever were really.
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They seem to go over really well at festivals
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they already peaked
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theplatypus wrote:They seem to go over really well at festivals
Yah they a good festival band. Will be interesting what they do next tour cycle cause they can't play arenas.
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given2trade wrote:
BDB wrote:so why are tickets so cheap ?

$25 to sit 200 level at united center. and a TON of tickets available.
The tour has been selling terribly. San Diego seats were probably 1/2 empty. I read it's been like that at most cities. They are no longer an arena band though not sure they ever were really.
well the last record didnt grabbed much attention i guess.
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