Re: Arcade Fire -- Fourth Studio Album -- 2013
 

Arcade Fire preview Reflektor at Montreal’s Salsathèque (9/10)
http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/0...lsatheque-910/

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New single hit Rdio today. Vey long, disco-esque track.

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Getting more use out of the bobble head props.

Arcade Fire is one of the 3-5 currently-working bands that I listen to.

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It hit the radio 2 days ago. Video has been posted already too.

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I'm annoyed at the band right now. I heard about pre-orders allowing you early access to tickets, so I went to order the album on vinyl. It's $19.98, which is quite reasonable for a double album on vinyl, and I went through the checkout process only to find out that it's $18 for shipping! Are you shitting me? $18 to ship two cuts of vinyl in a cardboard box?

My friend suggested just pre-ordering the digital version, but I wanted the damn thing on vinyl, which comes with a digital download anyway. I told him I would just let him pre-order the digital and then he can buy me a ticket and I'll pay him back.

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Once I saw the shipping charges I closed my browser. Love the band, love the music, but will wait until I can get the album locally to buy it for that kind of shipping bullshit. Not worth it for early access to tickets that likely won't include Portland anyway.

Mind you, I might be angry like a motherfuck 4 months from now when they play a special pre-order only show at the Doug Fir. Dammit. Digital only sounds like a plan, then get the vinyl when it's out.

Yet my crush on Reginé still remains.

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Love the direction this new song is going. They were due for a slight shakeup in sound IMO.

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Yea... I was going to buy a physical CD pre-order, but shipping ruins it. I just bought the digital album, just to have another option for tickets. I'm sure I'll have an AMEX or venue presale when they actually go onsale for more chances.

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This will be the first Arcade Fire album I won't purchase. The new songs they played on SNL were AWFUL.

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the real cover to the new AF album

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...bum)_cover.jpg

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I thought you were exaggerating. Then I watched the performance. You were most definitely not exaggerating. Awful.

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They are trying to be avant garde now. I'll give it a chance. Still a great band.

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The SNL stuff was bad....like real bad.

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I'd never heard the band before, but I happened to turn SNL on just as they started this week. God, it was terrible.

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I think the new songs didn't work as well live, at least in that setting. I feel like SNL is not a good venue for them, with like 12 people crammed into that tiny stage. They work better in a larger space.

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Not to mention - hearing new songs live always is a bitch. The crowd doesn't know them, the band is still working out the best approach, etc, etc. When bands launch in to the "We're going to try out a new one on you!" when I go to shows that's when I hit the bar line.

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Of the 5 new songs played on SNL, I thought 2 were good, 2 were OK, and 1 wasn't very good. I'll wait and see how they sound on the album.

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I've only heard the two songs they played on SNL (didn't watch the special), and I really liked them quite a bit.

I especially enjoy the (understandably) heavy LCD Soundsystem influence on "Reflektor."

Very much looking forward to this one.

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So it's a double album, and they want longer songs.

But it's only 13 tracks over 2 CDs.

Damn, how long could they possibly be. I thought some 7 or 8-minute songs, but wow.

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They used to be good, before they decided to go the pop-dance route.

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well the songs did manage to go on and on and on - they sounded like they were channeling Talking Heads (but on a very subpar kind of way)

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I was actually thinking the same thing. It may be one of those situations where they literally created a head phone recorded that needs to be listened to all at once. The band hasn't misfired yet...so thats what I'm hoping for.

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Both CDs are 30-35 minutes long.

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the Wannadies double concept album 'Before/After' was released in that way too

but come on, you easily squeeze 70 minutes of music onto one disc.