Arcade Fire

[Avalon_Fields]

Yeah I was at the Castlefield gig too and really enjoyed, but even better the Reflektor tour gig in Blackpool.

[dentalplan]

Spooky new website front. https://contact.arcadefire.com/

New logo.

If you click the little "WE" eyeball person there's some music playing - apparently 'WE' is spelt out in Morse code by the bloops. "WE" was used in those postcards as well. Some people are theorising that it means 'Watchful Eye' but seems a bit too on-the-nose.

+ Apparently this was spotted in Stoke Newington, of all places.

[FloorFiller]

3 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Spooky new website front. https://contact.arcadefire.com/

New logo.

If you click the little "WE" eyeball person there's some music playing - apparently 'WE' is spelt out in Morse code by the bloops. "WE" was used in those postcards as well. Some people are theorising that it means 'Watchful Eye' but seems a bit too on-the-nose.

+ Apparently this was spotted in Stoke Newington, of all places.

Probably exactly what it’s gonna be then.

 

Do enjoy this kind of rollout from big bands. Just hope they can deliver on the material this time. First single has gotta be dropping any day now surely. 

[dentalplan]

At least it wouldn't be 'Dance Fever' at any rate.

[the wonderwhy]

That new logo is dope 

[Superscally]

On 3/5/2022 at 6:37 PM, Somto Unigwe Raphael said:

Reflektor the song - top tier.
Reflektor the album - very average.

It’s clearly Funeral > Neon Bible/The Suburbs > Reflektor > Everything Now

Probably lean more towards The Suburbs of those second two but it could be different on any given day.

Not that I bother listening to Arcade Fire anymore. Need them to release something good to snap me out of it.

This order of album awesomeness is is indisputable...but there was a crucial flaw. 

Funeral > Neon Bible/The Suburbs > Reflektor > Everything Now > Pablo Honey

 

[Superscally]

On 3/3/2022 at 4:21 PM, the wonderwhy said:

Someone's had a crack at that sheet music 

 

Sounds like Little Green Bag

[misterplow]

Reflektor > Funeral > Neon Bible/The Suburbs > Everything Now > Pablo Honey

 

I'm weird.

[scatteredscreens]

someone got the lyrics on the postcard and, well...

Arctic Monkeys cover?

[Hutchmaster]

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

[stuartbert two hats]

On 2/10/2022 at 8:44 PM, FloorFiller said:

Sweet. Looking forward to hearing what direction they’re gonna be going in this time. Kinda hoping they move away from the more dance/synth heavy sound this time, but we’ll see. 

They're one of those bands that have utterly won my trust. Disco? I'm there. Americano rock? I'm there. Mongolian throat singing? Bring it on.

For me, they're one of those bands that sound very different on every album, yet still manage to sound very much like themselves.

I like them.

[stuartbert two hats]

On 3/3/2022 at 2:43 PM, scatteredscreens said:

Please no ridiculous marketing antics this time round. Also remember when some people said Everything Now would be reflected on in a more positive light in years to come? lol.

 

On 3/3/2022 at 2:44 PM, the wonderwhy said:

Class album 

I agree that opinions haven't really changed. Those who really liked it still like it. Those who didn't, still don't.

[Avalon_Fields]

There’s not many bands that make 4 very strong albums in a row. Definitely very few who manage 5, so Everything Now is just an ok album, but I don’t think it’s bad.

[scatteredscreens]

11 minutes ago, Avalon_Fields said:

There’s not many bands that make 4 very strong albums in a row. Definitely very few who manage 5, so Everything Now is just an ok album, but I don’t think it’s bad.

I think them having such a track record makes me dislike EN more though. Because I'm used to the highs of their previous releases. Hoping the best for this new one.

[stuartbert two hats]

On 3/3/2022 at 6:04 PM, Hugh Jass II said:

That whole Castlefield gig was something else.

Wasn't it?

[dentalplan]

Poster in Peckham now

[gherkin8r]

Most overrated band of the last million years

[Hutchmaster]

The roll out in London makes me think of this old TFL poster.. 

 

Edited March 12, 2022 by Hutchmaster

[Euphoricape]

Reflektor》Funeral》The Suburbs》Neon bible》Everything now》King of limbs

 

 

Edited March 12, 2022 by Euphoricape
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[Hugh Jass II]

4 hours ago, gherkin8r said:

Most overrated band of the last million years

You sure? There were some pretty overrated bands 999,999 years ago. 

[stuartbert two hats]

1 hour ago, Euphoricape said:

Reflektor》Funeral》The Suburbs》Neon bible》Everything now》King of limbs

 

 

The implication of that final album has not been lost on me.

[the wonderwhy]

meta

[henry bear]

3 hours ago, Hugh Jass II said:

You sure? There were some pretty overrated bands 999,999 years ago. 

The Rolling Flintstones weren’t all that

[blutarsky]

4 hours ago, Hugh Jass II said:

You sure? There were some pretty overrated bands 999,999 years ago. 

Meteor and the planet 

[Hugh Jass II]

There was this bunch of caveman who could just bash things and grunt, they later changed their name to the Courteeners.