Album Rating: 2.6

They keep trying to make dance pop songs that are about things besides "feeling good tonight", which is maybe a tougher row to hoe than they want it to be

they could, if they knew what they were doing, could make like a cool irony type song where the sound is dancey, and the lyrics are dark (like depeche mode did with songs like 'Never Let Me Down Again')

Album Rating: 2.6

Imo their last three album have made a convincing case that they would do well to stay as far away from irony as possible in all cases

Album Rating: 3.0

Oneeee laaaaasstttt daaaaanncceeee

Album Rating: 2.0

They occasionally broach on some magic still. Rabbit Hole is so close to being a great song and is maybe the only song here that actually swings for the fences, but the execution is lackluster. I think it's mostly because the production is so flat, but it's an undeniably catchy tune. I've really only returned to that and Unconditional II

Album Rating: 3.0

*unsubscribe*

@Eons

yeah I agree with you, they completely dropped the "baroque" part of their art direction or sound. Its just commercialized indie pop that tries to complain about everything being commercialized.

Album Rating: 3.5

What is the "End of the Empire" suite if not baroque??

Album Rating: 2.5

consonants are always on full display, puncturing your ears. And that's not even getting into the limp-wristed songwriting - there's a big drop right before the chorus, but the intensity doesn't rise in the slightest - or the garbage 'happy-happy-happy' hook or the asinine lyrics. Every single element of this track is dead-on-arrival from the word 'go', and it's as frustrating as it is hilarious.

Album Rating: 1.5

After probably 20-30 spins (just this week) of “We,” the new Arcade Fire album, I’m continually, progressively stunned at how good it is, how woven, how cinematic. It takes the darkest, bitterest apocalyptic threads of our time, the depression & anxiety—this black hole of a time, and pushes through to the other side of Sagittarius A, to find sweetness, union, hope, despite it all. There’s Roger Waters in this, and Bowie, and Lennon and Byrne, the best of Peter Gabriel, a tinge of Radiohead. And pure Arcade Fire. This one, to me, transcends Funeral and The Suburbs, and is a fantastic peak—their best effort yet — following two misguided duds.

It’s probably already in my Top 25 albums —up in the ether with OK Computer, Dark Side of the Moon, and other albums that feel like watching a film.

Don’t listen to the singles. Begin with track 1, listen on headphones —feel the whole flow. Then repeat.

Wii >>>

Album Rating: 2.5

Close to a 3 for me. An obvious improvement on Everything Now, but the mediocrity from that one is still present in this. A step in the right direction for sure, especially the opener and whole second half.

Album Rating: 1.5

Listening to this now. Don’t rly have any expectations tbh

Album Rating: 2.5

Expect forgettable music

Album Rating: 1.5

The Lightning was great rest was, yeah, v forgettable stuff. why did they make such a slow album? at least Everything Now had some pep in it

Album Rating: 2.5

They just wanted to be boring I guess

so i read that p4k sexual allegations piece, and it seems to be nearly all misinterpreted signals and 'power dynamics'. win butler comes across as an inconsiderate dick, but have we shifted the line so far that behavior like that is now sexual assault?

UH OH

Album Rating: 3.0

gdi

You leave out the next part of Pitchfork's fair and balanced reporting: "Butler claims that he only put his hand on Lily’s inner thigh," and that he dropped the sexual advance after Lily's verbalized discomfort. There are two differing accounts of the situation.

Win displays a pattern of disregard towards women and selfish behavior overall, but that alone doesn't constitute sexual assault. This parallels the Aziz Ansari incident in that regard.