| “Who gives a shit what the Arcade Fire record sounds like” | Comments Off |
Certainly not Bob Lefsetz who takes issue with their use of mainstream promotional channels for their latest release Neon Bible.
Read his opinion via the link above and check out some mainstream and online reviews and interviews below.
Testing Faith in a Church: NYT
Pitchfork [8.4 as compared to 9.7 for Funeral if that means anything]
MetaCritic: 86
Kevin at Chromewaves:
And I finally got my copy of the Arcade Fire album yesterday. One listen in? It’s alright.
My take, don’t really care one way or the other, never got into the first album enough to even be concerned with all the hype around this release.
EDIT: Here’s all kinds of links for everything from the lyrics to mp3s to help anyone still undecided. Or to help you get your fix if you’re a big fan.
MP3 on 3hive: “I’m not sure if you guys have heard this band yet, the Arcade Fire? They’re Canadian, and kind of popular”. Cute
As seen on sixeyes as taken from Pitchfork:
Arcade Fire’s Neon Bible Debuts at #2
The Arcade Fire’s second album, Neon Bible, claimed the No. 2 spot on the U.S. Billboard 200 charts this week, stomping all over new LPs from Daughtry, Relient K and Robin Thicke. According to Billboard, the album sold 92,000 copies this week; only Notorious B.I.G.’s Greatest Hits sold more. That album, which was released ten years after the rapper’s death, sold 99,000 copies. This position is miles ahead of Funeral’s chart ranking, which peaked at #131. The album also topped the Independent and Rock Album charts. Neon Bible also took #2 in the UK, coming in second to the Kaiser Chiefs’ Yours Truly, Angry Mob.
More sixeyes Arcade Fire:
Will Arcade Fire Turn Indie Mainstream?
On the difference between Modest Mouse and Arcade Fire:
AF are an indie band who sound kind of mainstream while Modest Mouse are a major label mainstream act who sound like an indie band.
From Hear Ya:
“Well, here it is: the 57th Neon Bible review you’ve read in the past 2 months.”
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