Arcade Fire - Mega Superthread. All gig/new album discussion.

positivenote

well I got my tickets in the presale, but wanted to pick up 4 but was only allowed to get two

8-10

jill_valentine wrote: »

The album as a whole hasn't grabbed me yet, but good jaysus, Porno is amazing, I think I enjoy it more than all of Suburbs put together.

Porno is a terrific song, definitely my favourite on the album and the one I always start with. I reckon it's up there with 'Deep Blue' as their most underrated songs.

MrStuffins

Didn't have a presale code for this but I reckon with it being Marley Park it's not going to sell out super fast. 9am on Friday should do it!

IamtheWalrus

8-10 wrote: »

'Deep Blue'

Tunage.

eyeball kid

Have to say, the more I listen to Reflektor, the more I love it. But that was the same with The Suburbs, nothing really grabbed me immediately. Not going to say its their best album or anything yet but I definitely think its shows a band not afraid to try something different on each album which from my point of view is all you can ask of a band. I love that each album sounds very different to the last.

Edit -Definitely going to try and get tickets to their gig next summer. Saw them in Hyde Park in London a couple of years ago and thought they were great.

nervous_twitch

jill_valentine wrote: »

The album as a whole hasn't grabbed me yet, but good jaysus, Porno is amazing, I think I enjoy it more than all of Suburbs put together.

For me, Porno is definitely the stand out track of the album.

I thought the whole record was quite middle of the road until recently I was listening to it through and realised the only song I could bring myself to skip was HCTN II. I'm not all that enamoured with Awful Sound in the way others seem to be but I love parts of it. I'd put Reflektor on a level pegging with Suburbs at the moment, ahead of Neon Bible but not quite Funeral. Though nothing will ever quite be Funeral.

roll

Awful Sound is great.... if anyone still doubts the album watch the Afterlife performance on Graham Norton recently!

One_More_Mile

Album of the year for me, ahead of the national and artic monkeys-- seriously tempted by primavera sound nxt may.

Lightbulb Sun

8-10 wrote: »

Looks like Friday, they'll definitely be a headliner

Confirmed they are headlining the Pyramid stage on Friday.

IamtheWalrus

Lightbulb Sun wrote: »

Confirmed they are headlining the Pyramid stage on Friday.

I see the media are reporting they'll be a headliner but the band's twitter just says they're playing.

Lightbulb Sun

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

I see the media are reporting they'll be a headliner but the band's twitter just says they're playing.

According to the Glastonbury Twitter page it's Friday.

IamtheWalrus

8-10 wrote: »

Nah I see them on the Pyramid. We'll see though.

I bow to superior foresight. May I be so bold as to predict a low turn out? Are they really that big??

circular flexing

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

I bow to superior foresight. May I be so bold as to predict a low turn out? Are they really that big??

Well I'll be there.

mutley18

Cannot get enough of this album, It's Never Over (Hey Orpheus) is my current favourite song, hope the neighbours like it!

Antar Bolaeisk

roll wrote: »

Awful Sound is great.... if anyone still doubts the album watch the Afterlife performance on Graham Norton recently!

That's the song currently bouncing around in my head all day, keep catching myself humming it.

Favourite track on the album alternates between It's Never Over, Awful Sound and Afterlife.

It does take a bit of getting used to the strange tempo changes and interjections into the music but, like the other Arcade Fire albums it's a grower and only gets better with repeated listens.

Xavi6

Saw them live yesterday for the first time in six years, safe to say they still have it!

While I still don't really rate the new album, hearing songs live always makes them better for me so I'll probably give it another chance now. Afterlife, Normal Person and Here Comes The Night Time in particular were superb.

playedalive

mutley18 wrote: »

Cannot get enough of this album, It's Never Over (Hey Orpheus) is my current favourite song, hope the neighbours like it!

I like this song but can't get Reflecktor and Joan of Arc out of my head. I'd say they'll put on a good show in Dublin in June. Unfortunately, I've spent enough money on gigs in the meantime, so I can't go.

iusedtoknow

Xavi6 wrote: »

Saw them live yesterday for the first time in six years, safe to say they still have it!

While I still don't really rate the new album, hearing songs live always makes them better for me so I'll probably give it another chance now. Afterlife, Normal Person and Here Comes The Night Time in particular were superb.

Here comes the night time is great live - did they do the streamers and confetti at your show?

The show on this tour surprised me a lot, i was expecting something a little more pretentious based on a lot of the promo material, but it was just a normal arcade fire show with some great new songs.

Xavi6

iusedtoknow wrote: »

Here comes the night time is great live - did they do the streamers and confetti at your show?

Yep we got the works, it was super.

madnolla

cannot wait for this gig it's going to be amazing

breakfasttime

Will Butler solo album coming our way in March.

https://soundcloud.com/mergerecords/wb-tms/s-L4unn