I'd rather say the song is called Rococo but why not? xD

 

Haha yeah you're probably right :facepalm:! Besides, it makes more sense. But "Rololo" was funnier !

 

Okay so about 75% sure I'm going to see them twice this summer :D

 

I'm jealous. Like really really jealous ! :bomb:

Review! :awesome:

 

GORGEOUS DEMOLITIONS

 

Arcade Fire - Notman House, June 4, 2010.

 

You could hear them through the walls. We waited, stooped on the steps of the Notman House, and you could hear the unmistakable call of the band inside, soundchecking, rehearsing, throwing full fists of guitar-chords. As the sky left wet pinpricks on our arms, I imagined a thousand people assembling in the street, squeaking to a stop on their bikes, hearing that wild noise through the walls and knowing: they're back.

 

Arcade Fire had not played in Montreal for three years. Now, before releasing their third album, before touring festivals and arenas, they were playing a small room to a very small crowd. It was not a "secret" show; it was a private one, a warm-up for Monday's warm-up. And although it was an open secret that Arcade Fire had been practicing for weeks around the corner from my house, at the Ukrainian Federation, I don't know that any of us had heard a note. For The Suburbs, they were laying low. And then someone pulled open the door of this dusty, crumbling mansion, and fifty of us slipped inside.

 

In the Notman House living-room, they played twelve songs. They stood on a ragged carpet, sweating. Christmas lights were braided over amps, keyboards, guitar-stands. It was like I was back in 2002, watching my favourite band play at a party for Concordia grad students. This time, their instruments were new, polished, rare; the crowd concealed tattooed crew-members and a flotilla of photographers; the group were veterans and stars, and I was jaded. But as Arcade Fire fired into their second song, an incredible number called "Ready To Start", I discovered something I had not expected: the eight-piece I had loved and loved and loved were once again my favourite band.

 

They wore denim, plaid, haircuts shaggy or close-shaved, like junior-high ca. 1994. Régine, Richard, Sarah and Will played with all the unrestrained joy they always have, wide-mouth singing. Tim and Jeremy were proud soldiers. Win looked older, sang better; he stared at us with a doomed gaze, weary and smoldering. Yet this is not the same band who made Funeral or Neon Bible; Arcade Fire seem sharper now, tighter. There are no drama club histrionics. They are not over-serious; they are simply serious. Their hooks and handclaps are underlined by noise, feedback, thundering four-axe attacks. They no longer sound anything like their imitators, and if once they evoked Bruce Springsteen, U2 or the Talking Heads, on Friday I heard the Clash, New Order, Clues and Big Star.

 

They played eight new songs. At home, I had been warming slowly to "The Suburbs" and "Month of May", listening to them spin on my turntable, ever so slightly warped. Live, both were better. "The Suburbs" crackled with tension, dread rising up in violin, viola and synths. There was a similar feeling to "Modern Man" and "Suburban War" - tunes that seemed both desperately lost and very precise. They felt different than what Arcade Fire has done before: measured, simple, but still tightly coiled. Like the work of Spoon: a song as it is, tempered until it's more than it is. Nothing unnecessary, no loose flames. Win sang like he was made of straw.

 

It was a different story on "Empty Room" (I think that's its name), a howling rocker with Régine singing lead. And "Rococo" is a delicious maze of a pop song, with the title as its chorus. "Rococo rococo / rococo rococo." Win sings it like it's a death sentence; but around him, behind him, the band make it baroque and birdsong. My favourite was either this or "Ready to Start", a hit in the making; noisy, electric-charged, built on bass riffs and handclaps.

Songs like "Tunnels" and "Power Out" sounded as good as they ever have (and "Keep the Car Running" sounded better). "Wake Up" seemed angrier. But the new songs were so strong that I didn't crave the old; I was almost disappointed to hear "Wake Up" as the encore. Lyrically, the new ones felt like brothers and sisters: suburbia is an extension of Neon Bible's downtown ennui. Win is still asking questions about purity and purpose, but whereas the last album aimed at gigantic idols, the new imagery feels more personal. In these songs, I heard nothing like "Antichrist Television Blues" or "Windowsill"; there were no apocalyptic fables or ambitious world slogans. Instead, there was naturalism: small pictures of joy, calamity and stasis. The images were nostalgic, bittersweet, but never maudlin. I heard regret; I heard loss; and a sometimes direct voicing of heartbreak.

 

For the first time since the departure of Brendan Reed and Dane Mills, eons ago, Arcade Fire have two drum kits. Régine and Jeremy played together for just the first few songs, but instead of adding elaborate flourishes, polyrhythmic fills, the drummers were each-other's ghosts. It was as if the drums were double-tracked, folded back upon themselves, like the shadows in an old cassette tape. Other than this change, the new material didn't bother with instrumental novelties: no hurdy-gurdy, melodica or accordion. Instead, there were often just four electric guitars, heavy as hell, and charging.

 

Leaving for the show that night, there had been the frisson of attending a small and secret event; excitement for new music; sadness that I couldn't bring guests; but also a degree of distance, the self-conscious cynicism of going to see a band that I loved less than I used to. Two hours later, I had been completely overtaken. I was dazzled and rosy. I was with a friend, thrilled and thrown, smiling old smiles. Feelings I thought I had left behind were unfurling in me.

 

I do not know what The Suburbs will be, with its hundred cooks in the kitchen; nor what this band will sound like on an arena's wide, clear sound system. I know just that I went to an exceptional show on Friday night, by a group called Arcade Fire. They had unearthed treasure chests. I'm grateful.

http://www.saidthegramophone.com/archives/gorgeous_demolitions.php

 

Sounds very promising. :bomb:

 

 

Okay so about 75% sure I'm going to see them twice this summer :D

Awh, poor you. :tongue:

 

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I WANT TO SEE THEM TOO GODDAMMIT!! :whip:

^Ahhhh review. Sounds promising.

Holy shit ! This review totally made my day. So well written. It does really sounds promising indeed ! I feel like I can't wait 'til August to hear the album after reading this !

I don't want to read positive reviews anymore. That will just raise my already very high expectations even more. :disappointed:

Yeah I know what you mean. I think my expectations are the highest they can get right now ! They better not disappoint me :whip:

^I'm going to try to avoid all reviews etc. Just hear what I hear. Although if it leaks before the shows I go to I would probably download it.

Yeah, I think I'll do that too. I won't be able to resist if it leaks early though! :D

 

It's just so hard not to click on those links. I hate twitter. *glare* The only reason I'm bothering with it is because I don't want to miss any (pre)sales to shows close by. (and it's really handy to find leaks :wacky:)

I dont think i will download the leak it usually wrecks it for me.

with that small show there have been a few videos of new songs posted (thanks to ArcadeFireTube on twitter):

 

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Though it's not the full songs I like the first one quite a bit... very catchy with the drums/bass

I saw that. :nice:

 

I dont wan't to but want to listen. :shame:

Okay so about 75% sure I'm going to see them twice this summer :D

Yay! Do it :cheesy:

 

Haha yeah you're probably right :facepalm:! Besides, it makes more sense. But "Rololo" was funnier !

Haha indeed it was xD

 

Was trying to get into Neon Bible before their next album comes out, and now I'm totally fond of it! "1,2,3 dis miroir noir!"

Some videos of new songs (from last nights concert) posted on pitchfork

 

http://pitchfork.com/news/39067-watch-new-arcade-fire-songs-live/

 

I really like Rococo

 

 

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I think this one a lot too a lot!

 

I only wish I could hear the whole thing

oh god we might be away when they play MSG, gahhhhhhh

The Suburbs live:

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Month of May live:

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Can't wait to listen the whole album.

I am not going to listen.

I am not going to listen.

This. :nice:

I dont want live audio quality to give me my first impression.

^Agree... though I am very curious :uhoh:

Argh it's so hard to resist but same here, I'm not watching those videos. :smug:

 

:bigcry: :bigcry: :bigcry:

 

 

I'll wait for the album (leak :tongue:).

I'm resisting as well :awesome:

 

So to keep us from clicking on play, what are your fav songs?^^

I'm still avoiding listening to new stuff....for now.

Do you think there will be an album stream briggs?

I've been listening to Neon Bible while watching the awesome iTunes visualiser. I recommend it. It's magical