It's a cloudy, lazy day so I decided to give the new Arcade Fire songs a thorough listen. Since Arcade Fire is now synonymous with dream animals and an emotionally naked young boy running wild through the jungle, my expectations were pretty high.
What maintains creative drive, once the initial spark has thoroughly disappeared? Once catharsis has been achieved, how can new artistic tension be created? For how long can a band's vision parallel its fan's desires and expectations?
Despite The Suburbs bizarrely far off August release date, Arcade Fire's new material has been slowly turning up. Their official singles are ambiguous and feature meta-cognitive spirals. "Ready to Start" and "We Used to Wait" are throaty, propulsive, and worthy of summer playlists, but make no mistake, they don't aspire to greatness. If these tracks are representative of The Suburbs, Arcade Fire have crystallized their artistic direction by scaling back their ambition and asking questions they've already answered.
Guess which song will begin Arcade Fire's Lolla set by listening courtesy of 107.7 The End. Or watch a video of new Arcade Fire in a house full of friends in Montreal.
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