I'd be inclined to go with the latter. Most of this album is Arcade Fire as they've always been.

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Lol Ocean are we listening to the same album, this is the least Arcade Fire-y album they've made

Grandiose arrangements? Massive, infectious melodies? Soaring strings and subtle grooves? Sounds like Arcade Fire to me.

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"Grandiose" he says

Sowing, not even you can save this.

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This isn't grandiose, the arrangements are pretty much standard synth pop/disco fare and the songwriting is easily the least grandiose they've done.

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I was actually pretty big on the first two singles but I was listening to this today and stopped about half way through and put on something else : /

the songwriting is easily the least grandiose they've done

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Creature comfort would have been great if Win actually sang

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remember the first time you heard Tunnels? Laika? or Wake Up?

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That's actually a good point. I don't think I'll ever forget the first time I heard "Tunnels". I felt like I'd known it my whole life and only just remembered it.

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Lmao comparing this to Tunnels is downright gold. Tunnels is quite an experience where from the opener alone you know it’s a treat. The song really goes over a mountain of sounds and ranges and the ending is out of this world. It just felt epic, like a timeless Disney fantasy. It still gets me now but the first time anyone hears that is unforgettable.

You may not really be bound to these songs yet and that’s okay because in their other stuff there were times they were new to you too. The question is more or less, do you really want to continue being emotionally invested in them. In the past for me that was an unhesistant yes. For this album, no. And there’s nothing to really invest in. In the past their songs had more depth and attention to detail to kinda sink into and kept you coming back.. this is pretty shallow and can be taken at face value. They may have always been grandiose and may still be, but their music just doesn’t seem as magical anymore. I also wouldn’t call “Creature Comfort” grandiose, unless grandiose means cranking up electronics to 11 and scream-cry into a microphone

Now I’m going to put Tunnels on repeat

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Kompys pretty much nails the reason this band have been shite all along.. an incredibly well put together, elaborate imitation of a good band projected by a bad one..

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yeah nailed it butcher. even the couple of decent tunes these guys had in their early days sounded like bowie filtered through about three layers of self-aggrandising bullshit. I just can't avoid the sense that these guys are absolute wankers whenever I listen to them and their childish antics around promoting this album don't exactly help

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hi row

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Bowie was just as pretentious as early Arcade Fire

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this album is awful. there is absolutely no life or emotion to win butler anymore.

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Bowie had like genius-level songwriting and chameleonic qualities to back up that pretension you perceive boney. these guys do not



hey jack how ya doin

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oh u nooooooo just spewing drivel onto a word doc when i get bored, the usual

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I am watching a replay of the Record Release show, streamed on Apple Music. The new material is fucking LIFELESS, even in concert it seems. Chemistry is something that belongs soundtracking Old Folks Homes.