Archive For The “Arcade Fire” Category
The most disappointing thing about the new Arcade Fire album is that it is not 1972 and I am no longer a spotty loon pant clad urchin, for this release has been accompanied by as much tremulous anticipation as any release by say King Crimson or god love ‘em, Family. Happily, it is a fine 
An absolutely furious recording. Drumming of splendid brutality embellished with cascading guitars and vocal harmonies that surely originate from a demented barbershop in hell’s deepest circle. In truth this record adds a degree of sophistication to the lupine oevre and in so doing subtracts nothing from the gleefully deranged experience that listening to Wolf Parade 
