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Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
ScrambledGregs:
In many ways I think Neon Bible is a *better* album than Funeral. It reminds me a lot of my reaction cycle to Wincing The Night Away. At first, it's a mix of "this is a new album by one of my favorite bands", "this is pretty different", and "well, it still sounds like them." Step two is "hey, this is actually really good." The third and final step is "this is the best thing they've ever done."
Jackie Blue:
I like Neon Bible more than Funeral, but it's not quite the best thing I've heard all year. Maserati, Do Make Say Think, Boris and Ghost albums are all slightly better. Even the new Jesu, actually.
It's the best conventional pop/rock album I've heard all year, though, definitely.
BillAdama:
Neon Bible is a good album, but vocally it's a bit repetitive and it doesn't stand out nearly as much as Funeral.
TheFuriousWombat:
--- Quote from: zerodrone on 17 Mar 2007, 17:22 ---I like Neon Bible more than Funeral, but it's not quite the best thing I've heard all year. [The] Do Make Say Think [album is] slightly better.
--- End quote ---
I don't know if I agree with that. Don't get me wrong, I love Do Make Say Think. In fact they are in my top 5 favorite bands I'd say. But this new album, while very good, is probably their weakest, excluding thier first. Now it certainly has a lot of really great songs and on its own I'd love it but I find myself comparing it to earlier DMST albums and I just think it's lacking a certain something the other albums had. As a result, I like the album less than I may have. Whatever the reason, I'm finding it a little weak and finding Neon Bible unbelievably good. I've heard a lot of this year's albums (modest mouse, menomena, explosions in the sky, eluvium, maserati, the shins ect.) and Neon Bible is the one I really keep going back to.
eveisdawning:
I desperately want this album because I have played the shit out of Funeral. Reading this thread, though, all I know is that all of your parents are way cooler than mine. They haven't cared about music since they were like sixteen.
Seriously, my parents are just completely uninterested. It'd be pretty straight if I could get my dad to listen to Arcade Fire, though. Alas.
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