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  • chinobaeza
    chinobaeza Santiago Posts: 2,489
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    eeriepadave wrote:
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    Great show at the Hollywood Palladium last night....very festive Halloween crowd. AF did a great cover of Devo's "Uncontrollable Urge" !

    were they dressed as devo? :lol:


    nope....dressed as The Reflektors!
    They just confirmed they will be touring South America next year!!! I'm more than happy!
    btw, how does the new album sound in vinyl? anybody knows?
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,483
    It sounds fantastic. Really well done despite the length.
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,996
    Tim Simmons wrote:
    This is probably their second best album. I really wish they cut off the empty length after Joan of Arc and left off the tape rewind after Supersymmetry. Other than that, it's pretty stellar. Band is at the top of their game.

    There is absolutely no reason for this to be a double album...

    I think this is a good effort, but not as good as their first three.
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  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,483
    I think this blows Neon Bible away. Suburbs could be debated, but ultimately, I'd choose this over the burbs.
  • Benzor
    Benzor Posts: 886
    Tim Simmons wrote:
    I think this blows Neon Bible away. Suburbs could be debated, but ultimately, I'd choose this over the burbs.

    I know I'm in the minority but 'Neon Bible' is my favorite AF record...been in since Funeral but NB is just a special record for me. If I had to rank them...

    1. Neon Bible
    2. Funeral
    3. Reflektor
    4. Suburbs


    Regardless of the order, all four are incredible
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,483
    Benzor wrote:


    Regardless of the order, all four are incredible

    Yeah. Basically this.
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,906
    Benzor wrote:
    Tim Simmons wrote:
    I think this blows Neon Bible away. Suburbs could be debated, but ultimately, I'd choose this over the burbs.

    I know I'm in the minority but 'Neon Bible' is my favorite AF record...been in since Funeral but NB is just a special record for me. If I had to rank them...

    1. Neon Bible
    2. Funeral
    3. Reflektor
    4. Suburbs


    Regardless of the order, all four are incredible


    Like you said, all 4 records are incredible, but if I had to rank them right now….

    1. Funeral
    2. Suburbs
    3. Reflektor
    4. Neon Bible
  • PJSEMPRE
    PJSEMPRE Posts: 687
    All 4 records are great.

    1. Suburbs
    2. Neon Bible
    3. Funeral
    4. Reflektor
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,724
    i love the new album..listen it yesterday for 1st time
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  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,996
    1. Neon Bible 9.7/10
    2. Funeral 9.5/10
    3. The Suburbs 9/10
    4. Reflektor 8.5/10
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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    Never could get into these guys, but the new one has some really cool stuff.

    Really like Normal Person and most of the middle of the album. Starts a little slow(I think Reflektor is way too long, though still pretty cool), picks up for several songs then kinda trails off towards the end. Could be a little long, or maybe it will all grow on me.

    Since I'm digging this, I decided to go back and give Neon Bible a listen and it's much better than I remember.
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,906
    DewieCox wrote:
    Never could get into these guys, but the new one has some really cool stuff.

    Really like Normal Person and most of the middle of the album. Starts a little slow(I think Reflektor is way too long, though still pretty cool), picks up for several songs then kinda trails off towards the end. Could be a little long, or maybe it will all grow on me.

    Since I'm digging this, I decided to go back and give Neon Bible a listen and it's much better than I remember.


    Agree that the song Reflektor is too long. That could easily be 2 minutes shorter. Also agree that it trails off a little towards the end, but it picks back up with 'Afterlife' as the 12th song.

    Give 'Funeral' another listen. Such a great album…definitely in my top 5 of all time.
  • Enkidu
    Enkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    I was kind of meh the first time I heard it. Now I can't stop listening to it. Funeral is still my favorite though.
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,459
    This new one is my first exposure to them. Actually like this sound vs the old stuff.
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,489
    my wife bought the LP the other day after hearing the stream. i like them & like the album, but The Funeral blows me away every single time I hear it. I feel like this one may be more of a "grower" for me even though I like it.
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,906
    mfc2006 wrote:
    my wife bought the LP the other day after hearing the stream. i like them & like the album, but The Funeral blows me away every single time I hear it. I feel like this one may be more of a "grower" for me even though I like it.


    Yeah, I keep liking Reflektor more, the more I listen to it. But you put it perfectly…Funeral blows me away every time.
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    I like the first disc a lot
    the second disc not so much its got a couple ok songs.

    Normal People is going to be amazeballs live
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  • Better Dan
    Better Dan Posts: 5,684
    intodeep wrote:
    I like the first disc a lot
    the second disc not so much its got a couple ok songs.

    Normal People is going to be amazeballs live

    That's one of my favorites on the album.
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  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,996
    When are US tour dates coming!?!
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,906
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    When are US tour dates coming!?!


    I'm guessing they'll have a huge US tour next year. All they have planned right now is Big Day Out in Australia in January. Those lucky Aussies…PJ and Arcade Fire in the same day would be a dream.

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