This was probably the album everyone was looking forward to. Whether you were a fan of their music or not, there was much hype and wonder at how this album would turn out to sound. It doesn't sound anything like previous 2 albums; introducing synths to their pallette of sounds which gave the songs that extra dynamic edge to them. Sprawl II is undoubtedly the star of the album - Regine singing at the top of her game whilst the music drew influences of Heart of Glass and some of The Knife's more optimistic moments from Deep Cuts. With a rumoured new album out in 2011, Arcade Fire will be a force in the music world for years to come.
Another great little discovery - it sounds like the soundtrack to Autumn and has some great little moments that make this album a very nice listen. To me, it's a tight, consistent album in comparison to Arcade Fire (to those who thought my placing of The Suburbs was too low) and its fanbase is growing quickly by the looks of things.
Having another soundtrack may be a little off, but I don't think I could not include this - for starters, Inception is probably my favourite film of the year, and part of that reason is because the music that came with it was stunning, and was a success factor in my eyes. When I listen back to the soundtrack I can replay the film in my head so easily, even though I've only seen it once.
Happy Hi-5 music would be the best way to describe this album. It never fails to raise a smile at least, and it's one of this year's most unique sounding albums. It's perfect in length as well, so you can have that quick little boost after a long hard day. I know I sound cheesy as hell, but I'd like them to play at my parties one day. Imagine the fun...
Such a fantastic record this is - I got into it late though because I was in Kos when it was released, so I had to play catch-up. It's one of my favourite Rock records of the last few years actually, and after the massive disappointment of The Resistance last year, it's great to know that not every band is going down that cheesy stadium-path that everyone seems to be doing these days, Definitely a great album with some fantastic songs in there.
Next batch of 15-11 is coming tomorrow! It should be snowing a-plenty here too, so I'll have plenty of time to do it anyway.
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