Arcade Fire - Reflektor

recording sounds incredibly muddy on this one, as far as i'm concerned.

hate the way the songs are always in a rush to get to a key few words that get repeated endlessly.

last album was better.

  On 10/30/2013 at 1:15 AM, LimpyLoo said:

yeah that review put a smile on my face.

  On 10/30/2013 at 1:05 AM, joshuatx said:

Good critical writeup that naturally got a lot of butthurt complaints because it was too damning and dismissive.

I can't argue with it.

There was some interview recently where Butler thought James Murphy was gonna be some hipster asshole that he'd punch in the face. Am I missing something, because I always thought of AF as pretty hipster & would want to punch them in the face. ???

  On 10/30/2013 at 4:07 PM, olo said:

 

  On 10/30/2013 at 1:05 AM, joshuatx said:

Good critical writeup that naturally got a lot of butthurt complaints because it was too damning and dismissive.

 

I can't argue with it.

 

There was some interview recently where Butler thought James Murphy was gonna be some hipster asshole that he'd punch in the face. Am I missing something, because I always thought of AF as pretty hipster & would want to punch them in the face. ???

 

Yeah I thought the same thing!

  On 10/30/2013 at 12:34 PM, Philip Glass said:

It's ok, they will live through this album and a major 2014 tour that will make them an even bigger group. I guess this is their "Achtung" ?

except achtung baby was actually good.

  On 10/30/2013 at 4:47 PM, joshuatx said:

 

  On 10/30/2013 at 4:07 PM, olo said:

 

  On 10/30/2013 at 1:05 AM, joshuatx said:

Good critical writeup that naturally got a lot of butthurt complaints because it was too damning and dismissive.

 

I can't argue with it.

 

There was some interview recently where Butler thought James Murphy was gonna be some hipster asshole that he'd punch in the face. Am I missing something, because I always thought of AF as pretty hipster & would want to punch them in the face. ???

 

I know PBR & wearing black rimmed glasses even though you dont need them are in there. Skinny jeans. Pretentious view on music & art. That's my 5 i gather.

 

 

Yeah I thought the same thing!

 

So, begs the question, who or what is hipster? Like what is the Top 5 checklist for hipsterdom?

  On 10/30/2013 at 4:55 PM, zaphod said:

 

  On 10/30/2013 at 12:34 PM, Philip Glass said:

It's ok, they will live through this album and a major 2014 tour that will make them an even bigger group. I guess this is their "Achtung" ?

 

except achtung baby was actually good.

was just about to post the exact sentiment

  On 10/30/2013 at 5:38 PM, Alcofribas said:

 

  On 10/30/2013 at 4:55 PM, zaphod said:

 

  On 10/30/2013 at 12:34 PM, Philip Glass said:

It's ok, they will live through this album and a major 2014 tour that will make them an even bigger group. I guess this is their "Achtung" ?

except achtung baby was actually good.

was just about to post the exact sentiment

 

That's a pretty apt comparison. Like U2 at that point in their career, they couldn't make yet another anthem-heavy, trademark album.

I just finished disc one (I put off listening to it because I had a ton of studying to catch up on) and I enjoyed it a lot. I think a lot of negative criticism is aimed at the annoying hype and a sense that it's overdue (which is warranted and why I liked that review I posted). But musically this is refreshing. That said, it's a bit like the Daft Punk album - it's not their best but they're seemingly being credited for sounds that many other artists have done for years and decades simply because it's "new" to most of their audience.

Honestly, I bet I'll find myself listening to this more than Suburbs, which has some of favorite songs (not just of Arcade Fire but in general) but overall was a bit lengthy and overwrought.

First disc, for the most part, pretty meh.
Second disc, wwwwooooaaaaahhhh this is good.