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clutnuckle · 08-12-2010, 02:20 AM

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Earlier Arcade Fire albums at least feigned a pulse or sense of emotional attachment to the music. This is very 'by the numbers' and safe. Oftentimes, when the singers would enrage and passionately cry out of key or out of order on Funeral, it simply made sense. It sounded out of place, and gave the album more or less of a quirk or two. Here, there's nothing out of place. It's far too calculated and unbelievably refined of any passion.

I was never big on Funeral to begin with, and Neon Bible is about the same for me. The Suburbs is simply a cut below.

08-12-2010, 02:20 AM	#123 (permalink)
clutnuckle Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: -_-_-_-_~__~-~_-`_`-~_-`-~-~ Posts: 1,276	Arcade Fire - The Suburbs Earlier Arcade Fire albums at least feigned a pulse or sense of emotional attachment to the music. This is very 'by the numbers' and safe. Oftentimes, when the singers would enrage and passionately cry out of key or out of order on Funeral, it simply made sense. It sounded out of place, and gave the album more or less of a quirk or two. Here, there's nothing out of place. It's far too calculated and unbelievably refined of any passion. I was never big on Funeral to begin with, and Neon Bible is about the same for me. The Suburbs is simply a cut below.