I like The Arcade Fire. I'm no expert on music, nor do I know much about the theory of what makes a song good. What I do know is what sounds good to me, and that's the only measuring stick by which I form any opinion on music. Since my post on Movie Trailers earlier this week, I have had The Arcade Fire's song "Wake Up" stuck in my head. It is the song featured in the trailer for Where the Wild Things Are and it has just consumed me. Like I said, I am no expert on music so I can't say what it is exactly about "Wake Up" that has me so into it, but I like it.As for The Arcade Fire, I know very little about them. The basics are they they're a band of seven from Canada. They've released a few albums and appear to have a very strong fan base and core following. Another of their songs, "My Body is a Cage" was featured in a short trailer for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button late last year. So The Arcade Fire seem to have the movie trailer thing going for them--and that ain't bad. As I've been perusing through their catalog via iTunes, YouTube and Pandora a couple other songs have peaked my interest, including one titled, "A Crown of Love".
Definitely a unique sound, unlike a lot of what is out there now on the radio and the charts--and that's always refreshing. It's fun hearing a new sound for the first time, even if that band has been around for some time. Below is the video for "Wake Up"--perhaps you'll enjoy the song as much I have. And if not, have a great weekend anyway and come on back Monday!
One of my favorite bands. In fact, their first album, Funeral, is one of the greatest albums of the last 10 years. This band made the cover of Time magazine for it. Their follow up, Neon Bible, is almost epicly as good (Pash and I have had some disagreements about this...) Go ahead, splurge, and just buy both albums...very worth it.
ReplyDeleteNice...I think I will definitely do so. I would like to hear both sides of that argument. The sound is just so good--and seems complicatedly beautiful in structure.
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