ARCADE FIRE – REBELLION (LIES) (ROUGH TRADE)
There is a strange sense of euphoria attached to Arcade Fire, one that feels unexplained and often unexpected. For a band that looks so unappealing there is quite a magnetism to their being.
“Rebellion (Lies)” is a real triumph of music with its basic layering of motions that gradually build into something very successful and affecting, effective in the most generous of measures.
With the mantra “every time you close your eyes” the engine steps up as a crushing pulse invigorates the tune and serves as some kind of rallying call to optimism. This is a song that I am able to listen to over and over without growing bored or cynical, instead it races through my mind like pure lifeblood, lending a welcome energy to my being and a signpost to potential success. Yes, this single is that good.
Arcade Fire themselves are something of a mysterious proposition. From one perspective they look like gypsies, then from another like look steam punks before eventually settling in on the eccentric dollar. They are from Canada after all.
In a time where Flaming Lips have given the audience a patience and a reason to indulge in lengthy, layered workouts when it comes to rock music all that is required is for bands to deliver hooks as sumptuous as this band.
I feel young again.
Thesaurus moment: lift.
Arcade Fire
Rough Trade
There is a strange sense of euphoria attached to Arcade Fire, one that feels unexplained and often unexpected. For a band that looks so unappealing there is quite a magnetism to their being.
“Rebellion (Lies)” is a real triumph of music with its basic layering of motions that gradually build into something very successful and affecting, effective in the most generous of measures.
With the mantra “every time you close your eyes” the engine steps up as a crushing pulse invigorates the tune and serves as some kind of rallying call to optimism. This is a song that I am able to listen to over and over without growing bored or cynical, instead it races through my mind like pure lifeblood, lending a welcome energy to my being and a signpost to potential success. Yes, this single is that good.
Arcade Fire themselves are something of a mysterious proposition. From one perspective they look like gypsies, then from another like look steam punks before eventually settling in on the eccentric dollar. They are from Canada after all.
In a time where Flaming Lips have given the audience a patience and a reason to indulge in lengthy, layered workouts when it comes to rock music all that is required is for bands to deliver hooks as sumptuous as this band.
I feel young again.
Thesaurus moment: lift.
Arcade Fire
Rough Trade
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