Arcade Fire did the world a favor with the release of their new album, Suburbs. Much like previous albums, the listener is exposed to the atmospheric voices of Win Butler and Regine Chassagne. Together, this dynamic duo creates a sound that breaches the barriers of the ordinary and, instead, fashions an ambient experience that gives Arcade Fire it's unforgeable sound.
The band makes all of the right moves in the album, picking the perfect moments to lead the listener on and never succumbs to the temptations of premature climaxes [haha]. For example in "Modern Man", the listener is repeatedly teased with faulty bridges and a chorus that never really peaks correctly until the end of the song. The anticipation that forms is the same force that keeps the listener captivated throughout the duration of the song, making the last 1:30 beautiful and the clapping that overcomes the snare back beat much more complex. It's all about timing and makes this Suburb anything but Stepford Wives.
This album contains tracks that feature components so saturated in simplicity, the listener becomes enthralled in a different kind of complexity - the eyes closed head bobbing type. "Rococo" is a song that repeats the same lyric multiple times throughout the majority of the song. This lyric just happens to be the title of the song [creativity at it's finest?]. Instead of becoming a monotonous annoyance, "rococo" takes on it's own roll in the instrumentals of the song - it becomes apart of the harmonious beat that ties together with the melody.
In short: Arcade Fire has done it again. Suburbs is another great album that you definitely don't need a gate code for.
...but that's just my opinion.
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