Arcade Fire

Posted on: 14 September 2010

I've never been able to decide how much I like Arcade Fire. After hearing Rebellion (Lies) back in 2005 I bought the album Funeral. Despite enjoying a handful of tracks of it, I never really gelled with the album as a whole. Arcade Fire, in my opinion, have a particular style that I think you either like or you don't; and in that respect, I suppose I'm in the former category.

I wasn't particularly overwhelmed into purchasing the second album release from the band, Neon Bible. Again, I've heard a few songs off it, and although I do like the sound of the band, I can't see myself playing the album to death.

But Arcade Fire have a new album out, titled The Suburbs, and with it the single We used to wait. It's the same old Arcade Fire, that's plain as day, but I do sense good things about this album, and it's certainly not without good reviews. I reckon I may just give this one a go.

Also, check out the accompanying cutting edge music video to the latest single, created using increasingly popular HTML 5 mark-up. Google Chrome is recommended to get the full experience. And once you've wrapped your peepers round that, and if you consider yourself enough of a web geek, head on over and see more I-can't-believe-that's-possible-in-a-web-browser Chrome Experiments.