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The new Arcade Fire album will be called 'Neon Bible'

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anewman

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Keep The Car Running is a good verse searching for a chorus, that builds up, builds up and then goes nowhere.

Antichrist is exactly the same structurally except it has that spinetingling bit (the highlight of the whole album) where the female vocals go haywire.

And let's not forget No Cars Go has been around for 4 years...

Obviously you're spectacularly wrong about Keep The Car Running and (Antichrist Television Blues), but yeah I can't work out why No Cars Go is on the album. It's great, which is maybe reason enough, but it's pretty great on the EP too. Does it fit into the theme of the album somehow? I dunno.

I keep meaning to read the lyrics to the whole album, which are on this website: http://www.neonbible.com/ ...but I haven't found the time yet.

The album is amazing though. I know scores are vulgar, but if Funeral was a 10, then this is a 9.

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I thought John Harris came across really well on Newsnight. The others were predictably cynical and just took the piss out of the band members' private educations (lol at that - on Newsnight Review) and youth.

I don't think the album is amazing, but Intervention is my favourite song at the moment. Neon Bible and (Antichrist Television Blues) are exceptionally good too.

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Keep The Car Running still makes my spine tingle.

Who was the guy with glasses, jacket and open necked shirt on Newsnight last night? The one whose only contribution to the Neon Bible review was to say he didn't like privately educated indie bands. He irritated me quite a lot actually.

As for the rest, I think they just forgot that it was music, and treated it like a play or a book they'd been asked to read, so they didn't like its apparently simplistic message about fear in America. Apart from John Harris, obviously.

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One listen down and I can't see what all the negative talk is about. It sounds like a new Arcade Fire album to me, and a great one at that.

EDIT: In fact, had a couple more listens now and it's fecking awesome, even the more downbeat tracks like Neon Bible are cool.

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Repeated listens have delivered for me. Not as good as Funeral (I mean, obviously) but stilll genuinely fuckin' great and moving in the right direction.

A bit depressing to say "moving in the right direction", though: kind of depressing to think that we might or might not get a world-beater in 2009.

Oh well, I'll shutup, that's such a pessimistic post. The Well And The Lighthouse! How could one refuse! It's actually fucking ace, isn't it?

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No, it's really not. It's patchy and... eurgh... Ho-hum. It seems that as long as it sounds like Arcade Fire that's enough for most people.

I find this a strange post Stu. Who exactly would you prefer it sounded like?

Were you hoping they would move their sound in a different direction?

The more I listen to Neon Bible the better it gets. It sounds like dark, evil rock 'n' roll and I love it.

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Quite frankly I think you're all talking bollocks.

I respect your opinion, you're at least letting us know what it is you don't like about it. And thats fine, I'm certainly not going to tell you you're speaking bollocks.

I do think it's a shame that people keep comparing it to Funeral though. We all know that Funeral is a fantastic album but what's the point in comparing it? Take it for what it is. You could say that Extras wasn't as good as The Office, or you could say that it was a different project and yet still hit the mark.

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Not as good as their previous album and yet a move in the right direction, well which is it?

It can be both. Overall the songs aren't quite as great, but their sound is different and hence remains fresh, rather than just being like-Funeral-but-weaker.

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I hoped this would be on Emusic but it looks like I may have to buy it on cd. Ah well, having heard nothing on it, I hope it is worth the purchase.

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Havent heard NB yet, heard a couple of tracks so I'm really looking forward to a good listen. I've just taken receipt of my tickets to see them in London in a couple of weeks, colour me very excited (provided I don't die in the meantime, or something).

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It's a different album to Funeral, sure, but Funeral showcased a set of skills that rarely get seen on this album. This album has filler. Funeral had songs that didn't quite work as well as others but they all had their purpose and told part of a story.

Anyway, it's a good album but I stopped listening to it about 2 weeks ago. I'll put it on from time to time and enjoy it I'm sure.

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If progression and maturation means writing boring songs with crap tunes, then yes, they've done a sterling job.

Obviously it doesn't mean that.

When I think of Funeral I think of Power Out and Rebellion. Everything else fades to nothing now. The new record is already proving a more diverse, subtle, and therefore rewarding listen. I don't have any stand out favourites as such, but there's nothing here i don't like. I love the way the dark Killing Moon-esque opener, Black Mirror subsides into the cheery radio-friendly Keep The Car Running. I love how Intervention sounds like Christmas in it's jubilation, yet quite damning in it's message. Ocean Of Noise is delicate and brooding. Antichrist Television Blues is Springsteen on crystal meth. The trumpet on Windowsill is complimented beautifully by the strings. No Cars Go sounds like flying over the city of Chicago in a helicopter. I don't know how but it does and it makes me wanna punch the air!

I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

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It's amazing, but I still don't understand why No Cars Go is on the album. I'm sure there's some kind of special reason for it.

I don't understand why you think it wouldn't be on the album. I'm not familiar with it's history.I've only heard Funeral and this new album. What's the deal with that track then?

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