Arcade Fire

musicismylife78

Indifference71 wrote:

Tim Simmons wrote:

Its about 80 mins. So it could have fit on 1 disc.

Yeah, it seems unnecessary that they made it a double album.

They posted it for streaming on their website and it crashed immediately. I guess I'll find it out there....that will hold me over until the pre-order arrives.

Its 85 minutes. Its a true double album.

eeriepadave

sweet! i'll have to lsiten to it later tonight then.

Better Dan

musicismylife78 wrote:

Indifference71 wrote:

Tim Simmons wrote:

Its about 80 mins. So it could have fit on 1 disc.

Yeah, it seems unnecessary that they made it a double album.

They posted it for streaming on their website and it crashed immediately. I guess I'll find it out there....that will hold me over until the pre-order arrives.

Its 85 minutes. Its a true double album.

How do you like it? I'm almost finished with the first disc and am enjoying it so far. Can't wait to give it a few more proper listens later tonight.

musicismylife78

dont know what to make of it. Its so different from typical AF.

kasedoug

Halloween show in LA. Looks like I'll have to try to see them twice in the same week!

Jammin909

Wow, this album is incredibly good. James Murphy finally got his wish and produced a disco-inspired rock album.

"It's Never Over" is pure gold and "Normal Person" is a Rolling Stones vs. LCD Soundsystem vs. Arcade Fire rocker!!!

Longueuil

musicismylife78 wrote:

dont know what to make of it. Its so different from typical AF.

What is a typical AF? To be non typical?
The Suburb don't sound like Neon Bible and Neon Bible don't sound like Funeral.

musicismylife78

Longueuil wrote:

musicismylife78 wrote:

dont know what to make of it. Its so different from typical AF.

What is a typical AF? To be non typical?
The Suburb don't sound like Neon Bible and Neon Bible don't sound like Funeral.

Anthems. Huge bombastic sing alongs are typical AF. Its clear this is a drastic change of pace. Its evident in the sound and just in the production. The trip they all made to Haiti evidently was life changing. And they discovered new influences. This album is way more rhythmic and drum heavy than any other AF album. This is the most dancey AF album in the catalogue. I dont think theyve ever set out to make a dance album before. Being influenced by Carnival and the Haitian music scene is going to radically alter your sound. And it has.

Sure they;ve changed sounds on all 3 previous albums, But this sounds wildly different from anything prior.

Better Dan

musicismylife78 wrote:

Longueuil wrote:

musicismylife78 wrote:

dont know what to make of it. Its so different from typical AF.

What is a typical AF? To be non typical?
The Suburb don't sound like Neon Bible and Neon Bible don't sound like Funeral.

Anthems. Huge bombastic sing alongs are typical AF. Its clear this is a drastic change of pace. Its evident in the sound and just in the production. The trip they all made to Haiti evidently was life changing. And they discovered new influences. This album is way more rhythmic and drum heavy than any other AF album. This is the most dancey AF album in the catalogue. I dont think theyve ever set out to make a dance album before. Being influenced by Carnival and the Haitian music scene is going to radically alter your sound. And it has.

Sure they;ve changed sounds on all 3 previous albums, But this sounds wildly different from anything prior.

I agree. I wasn't sure I was going to like after seeing the SNL special, but so far I do. I really go into each new album I hear with no expectations so in this case I am trying not to think about what they've previously released and just listen to the album as it is. I really like the rhythms and drum beats on the album. I also like this album more on the first listen than I liked Suburbs. I now love The Suburbs, which quickly grew on me after I bought it. Obviously, I'm going to need more time with Reflektor to see how it holds up, but so far so good.

choop

kasedoug wrote:

Halloween show in LA. Looks like I'll have to try to see them twice in the same week!

i want to come down for that but don't want to use my presale code, because then it's not good when they announce the rest of the tour.

choop

i'm on my second listen. love it.

kasedoug

choop wrote:

kasedoug wrote:

Halloween show in LA. Looks like I'll have to try to see them twice in the same week!

i want to come down for that but don't want to use my presale code, because then it's not good when they announce the rest of the tour.

I'm debating it. Already going to the secret show on Tuesday so I'm not sure if I really need to see them twice in three days. However, I'm guessing they'll play a much larger venue on their proper tour and it's kind of a special occasion since it's Halloween. The deciding factor for me will probably be price.

DewieCox

Downloaded the leak. I've anticipated their last couple albums but never got into them. I've made it further into this one than the others on first listen. Probably would've made it through a standard album length. Thinking this one might grow on me more than others have.

Indifference71

Listened through all the way once so far. "Afterlife" and "Normal Person" are the standouts to me. Good stuff.

Indifference71

musicismylife78 wrote:

Indifference71 wrote:

Yeah, it seems unnecessary that they made it a double album.

They posted it for streaming on their website and it crashed immediately. I guess I'll find it out there....that will hold me over until the pre-order arrives.

Its 85 minutes. Its a true double album.

Yeah. I guess when you think double album, you expect more than 13 songs. But all the songs are so damn long! I'll have this on repeat all weekend.

Can't wait for tour dates for next year to be announced. Hopefully the presale code will come in handy then...

Tim Simmons

musicismylife78 wrote:

Indifference71 wrote:

Tim Simmons wrote:

Its about 80 mins. So it could have fit on 1 disc.

Yeah, it seems unnecessary that they made it a double album.

They posted it for streaming on their website and it crashed immediately. I guess I'll find it out there....that will hold me over until the pre-order arrives.

Its 85 minutes. Its a true double album.

Yeah, but 16 min of it is backwards tape loop. Not really tunes.

musicismylife78

Yeah, it seems unnecessary that they made it a double album.

They posted it for streaming on their website and it crashed immediately. I guess I'll find it out there....that will hold me over until the pre-order arrives.[/quote]


Yeah, but 16 min of it is backwards tape loop. Not really tunes.[/quote]

A double album is a double album. The White Album has 1 minute songs and Number 9.

Better Dan

Indifference71 wrote:

musicismylife78 wrote:

Indifference71 wrote:

Yeah, it seems unnecessary that they made it a double album.

They posted it for streaming on their website and it crashed immediately. I guess I'll find it out there....that will hold me over until the pre-order arrives.

Its 85 minutes. Its a true double album.

Yeah. I guess when you think double album, you expect more than 13 songs. But all the songs are so damn long! I'll have this on repeat all weekend.

Can't wait for tour dates for next year to be announced. Hopefully the presale code will come in handy then...

What presale code?

choop

i preordered the vinyl right after it was announced. each show they've added they've sent a presale code, but once you use it, you are done for the tour.

one of the perks of preordering was that you would get first info on tickets. once they started announcing shows, that perk was removed.

Better Dan

choop wrote:

i preordered the vinyl right after it was announced. each show they've added they've sent a presale code, but once you use it, you are done for the tour.

one of the perks of preordering was that you would get first info on tickets. once they started announcing shows, that perk was removed.

So if I preorder the vinyl now, I won't get a preale code for whenever they presumably do a full arena/shed tour next year?