Arcade Fire Suburbs ( vinyl 2LP )

Release date:  22-12-2017 ( originally released in 2010 )

 2017 EU repress 2LP vinyl set - Produced by the Arcade Fire and coproduced by Markus Dravs their eagerly anticipated 3rd studio album The Suburbs was written arranged and recorded around Montreal and New York over the past two years Includes the AAside single The Suburbs & Month Of May Presented in a gatefold picture sleeve presented in a sealed and stickered gatefold picture sleeve

Groups 3rd Studio Album Raises the Bar Again One of 2010s Best Rock Releases

Tracks:
A1     The Suburbs
A2     Ready To Start
A3     Modern Man
A4     Rococo

B1     Empty Room
B2     City With No Children
B3     Half Light I
B4     Half Light II (No Celebration)
C1     Month Of May
C2     Wasted Hours
C3     Deep Blue
C4     We Used To Wait

D1     Sprawl I (Flatland)
D2     Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
D3     Suburban War
D4     The Suburbs (Continued)

Written arranged performed and produced by the Arcade Fire and coproduced by Markus Dravs The Suburbs was recorded around Montreal and New York over the past two years Arguably the most vital band of the 21st century Arcade Fire again delivers with a third studio album that manages to make grand statements and lifeaffirming music without getting bogged down in ephemera Its been quite a ride for the Montreal group

The Arcade Fires 2004 debutFuneral featured strongly in Album of the Decade Polls around the world including NME Pitchfork Guardian Mojo and Rolling Stone The ensembles 2007 followup Neon Bible debuted number 2 in the US and garnered international acclaim Both records were nominated for Best Alternative Album Grammys

The bulk of The Suburbs focuses on this quiet desperation borne of compounding the pain of wasting your time as an adult by romanticizing the wasted time of your youth As bleak as the lyrics are though theyre buoyed by the bands leanest loosest songwriting yet These songs are busy but never overly complicated subtly nudging at their boundaries while allowing wide lanes for Butlers perfectly memorable melodic turns
Ian Cohen Pitchfork August 2 2010 Best New Music

Formed in Montreal the Arcade Fire is Win Butler Rgine Chassagne Richard Reed Parry William Butler Tim Kingsbury Sarah Neufeld and Jeremy Gara