Worst track this band has ever done. Holy shit that was bland.

Mediocre song

This is not a good thing.

fav band but i am extremely dissapointed and i don't see this growing on me

I wasn't even at the 1 minute mark when I turned the song off. This is just so bad. Reflektor had b-sides that were just as great as the ones that made the album but wow I feel like the band didn't even try on this. Like they just took the instrumental of an unfinished demo from the Reflektor recordings and hastily put lyrics on it

Also there's something off with the production, it sounds murky in the worst way. I can't quite put my finger on it.

I will forever love Arcade Fire for their first three albums, and Reflektor had some truly amazing moments too but this marks the point where they start to lose me.

hope this either grows or me or doesnt reflect the quality of the album

Snide, like I said, it sounds like the band used the instrumental of an unfinished demo. That or they rushed this song, neglecting major things production-wise, just to coincide with the whole Trump thing

oy fuck
no good at all

groovy as fuck but feels half-baked. not sure if completely getting rid of anything arcade fire is the way to go for this band

Hopefully this isn't a sign for the direction they're going with the new album.

It sucks

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I liked it. But yeah, I really don't want another Reflektor (despite my love for it). I'm just hoping this isn't an album track. I mean, they said they had "more recorded than needed," so hopefully this is just an offshoot of the album making process.

This is hella boring hey arcade fire youve gotta end this downward trajectory at some point come on already

Song is a huge letdown; this better not be on the new record.

I feel like every band right now is doing an anti-trump cash grab just because they know most music/hipster types hate him. I guess this is the political rock I was clamoring for during election season...I just thought it'd be better.

i share the anti trump sentiments and af have super strong views, so its not the message that bothers me. its just the lack of substance.

Yeah and this particular song's proceeds go to a specific cause so I'd tend to agree, just a bit sick of the wave of releases lately by great bands capable of making incredible protest songs churning out half assed tracks like this and then having it proclaimed as breaking news and something revolutionary by Pitchfork, NME, and such just because of the forced relevancy of the content.

The track is quite mediocre, but I like the tunes. Hope they will experimext more with this electronic-ish stuff, but make it better.

yeah definitely hope the quality of protest music goes up because at the moment it's super lazy and boring

Drive-By Truckers gave me all the political music I need for the next four years to be honest, however I have no issue with artists making protest music as long as it's good. Which this isn't.

In general though the ratio of good to bad protest music is much lower than the ratio of good to bad music in general.

Way too repetitive, and not in a good way

I doubt this will be on the album. Probably just a political statement.

wow that was so bad

The ghost of Prince has found a very inappropriate home.

Track rating? 3 out of 10

Absolutely horrendous.

Does this remind anyone else of early LCD soundsystem? Cuz it ain't bad, it just makes me wish I was listening to LCD soundsystem instead.

if the intent was to polarize listeners then they failed miserably. i don't think i've read one positive opinion so far

"Does this remind anyone else of early LCD soundsystem?"
I hope this isn't what LCD sounds like, cause I was hyped to check them

I mean the guy behind LCD Soundsystem produced Reflektor. Which further reinforces my thoughts on this being a Reflektor throw away

I wish these artists would stop making political songs. They're all forced and shitty musically just to get across a message that we've already heard ad nauseam. What's the point

@fullofsounds-the formula for this song is very similar to LCd, with a an electro beat with looped vocal samples, the only difference is LCD does it so much better with better hooks

it is so rudimentary but i keep coming back to it because there is something about it i like

More I listen, the more it sounds like Reflektor leftovers.

the production is the best part about it though. i see what you mean but it benefits from that rough around the edges feeling.

Agreed. Damn AF really knows how to get under my skin even when I don't like them. I was humming this at work all day.

I think it will alienate the fans there fanbase is well known to be right wing conservative banker types

I didn't think this was THAT bad

Are we sure this is an arcade fire track? Sounds more like LCD than anything