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In Reply to: arcade fire - funeral posted by yotacowboy on November 11, 2004 at 17:09:22:
Lots of over-the-top reviews on the web make this one of the most highly anticipated and acclaimed indie rock releases this year, but if you can forget all the hype and just let it play for a few times before passing judgement, you may just find, like we did, that it's really a very fine group of songs - adventurous but very tuneful, and it hangs together extremely well as an album. Lots of David Bowie influence, but like fellow Canadians Broken Social Scene and The New Pornographers, they are all over the map when it comes to inventive pop music. Love that rousing Disco Inferno "Burn Baby Burn" chorus rip on "Rebellion (Lies)". Great song that can get stuck on infinite repeat in my head for days. And the five song "Neighborhood" suite that opens the CD is beautifully performed, passionate, emotional music with highly evocative lyrics (though admittedly, also occasionally a little silly and underdeveloped). "Neighborhood 3 (Power Out)" is probably my favorite on the album after "Rebellion (Lies)". The closing "In The Backseat" could even be mistaken for Bjork if you weren't one of her huge fans. But is it worthy of the near perfect ratings and hype from many of the big e-zines? Well, this type of music is highly subjective and moreso than some other types since it does draw so heavily from a myriad of influences. Some may hate it for that and possibly lose sight of how well done the music is. Me? After giving it those first few listens I started to like it quite a lot. And it did just keep getting better with each listen. Definitely in contention for one of the top indie albums of the year at this point, but some of the initial charm also wore off after a while for me. Just have to wait and see what I think of it in the next couple months to find out if it has any legs.
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