Funeral

It didn’t provoke any feelings in me, but it was kind of interesting.

It's not bad, just to tame for me.

Listened to it like 3 times because it kept losing my interest. Good album but nothing stood out to me

Está bien. Un poco pretencioso. No me encantó.

I wouldn't turn it off immediately, but I don't think I'll ever seek out this album again.

Hard to parse what is being sang at times but generally liked everything else I heard. Feels dramatic. Favorite: Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)

Vraiment pas mauvais mais viens pas tant me chercher.

This one came out when I was in my late teens. I never really got the hype and still found the first couple of tracks a bit lacklustre, but reading the lyrics along with listening to the album has been beneficial. This is a really cohesive record with some great lyrics about the joys and pains of growing up and some really rousing moments. Neighbourhood #3 Power Out is where it started kicking in for me. The final track on this album brought me right back to that summer with Cat M. I hope she is doing OK. I miss her.

A little Meh. There was nothing bad about the album, the tunes were pleasant enough but nothing inspired me to listen again. I found the vocals "whiney" on most tracks. Fine for background music

I'm not convinced this was a really special record - not very much of it stood out for me.

C'était vraiment sympa mais je commence à en avoir marre de recevoir des appels du patron d'eltrapeze en pleurs au bout du fil et d'être obligé de le rassurer pendant une grosse partie de mon temps libre.

I don’t like the vocalist’s singing. I know I like a few songs from them.

Exactly what I imagined an Arcade Fire album to sound like. Layered, textured, complex and consistent. I quite liked it, but doubt I'll revisit. Rating: 3.5/5 Playlist track: Wake Up Date listened: 25/07/22

Solid

it’s giving contemporary dance??? not sure if in a good or bad way yet. actually hey this is pretty good!!! loving the buildup but it’s definitely going on my contemporary dance playlist liking #2 more but also the strings remind me of shrek okay i don’t think i would actively listen to it in its entirety again, but overall it wasn’t bad! 6/10 probably 🤔😘

This was a fun listen. I've never been super into arcade fire but this was a fine introduction into them

3.5/5 nice, i'll have to relisten though

Really good album. 3.5 / 5 I never heard this one prior to this list. I AM loving it. I need more time with this one, I know it will only get stronger as time goes by. From start to finish this one is great. I listened to the extra material as well and as a fan of 40's music, I was thrilled to find the relation to Alvino Rey! And My Buddy is such a great song! More people should know and have the chance to love it! Alvino Rey has others that are classic as well!

Pretty middle of the road. Not bad, but not really gripping either. Some decent melodies at times.

Enjoyed it. Hadn’t listened to it in quite a few years.

This is definitely one of those indie albums that makes alt kids feel soul-searchy or appreciate life more or something. I enjoyed it well enough, but it doesn’t really affect me in that way. The always-wavering vulnerable vocals that are omnipresent in indie music aren’t my favorite thing ever. But there were good moments. I think I liked the last two songs the most.

This finished way stronger than it started. Barely holding my interest at first with some weird high frequency feedback thing going on. Settled into good rolling rhythms and finally some Sarah Neufeld fiddle, which I was searching for the whole time.

not my cup of tea

Overall it's ok it does get a bit whiny, pompous and boring.

To me, this seems to be where all the 21st-century artsy indie suburban teenage angst started. You know what, Will? Wherever you go, there you are. And that’s all I really have to say about this one. Good tunes, though.

Pretty much the same as all other alternative rock, but with a violin here and there.

There's something very warm and fuzzy about the production, generally pretty great performances and some pretty good songs

Very solid. First time hearing the album. 3/5

ehh its ok i guess

Best leuk

I like it, but it's not outstanding to me.

I would have liked this so much more had just about anyone else been lead singer. Music was really good. Dudes voice was rough for me.

It was good. Not a whole lot of opinions on this one.

A top album when I was in middle school but most of the songs don't hold up for me

I get more Neon Bible but it's good

Just okay. Some of the tracks were good, Rebellion for example I found pretty interesting with some of the key modulations, but overall there wasn't much on here that I really liked. Maybe more listens are necessary, but this kind of just made me want to put on the Pixies or Modest Mouse instead.

There's some good stuff on here, but I had heard how great this album is and I wasn't so impressed. It at times reminded me of Modest Mouse or Pixies, but not as good. The singles are solid, and some of the others were pretty good as well. I just don't see myself coming back to it. It wasn't offensive, it just didn't hold my attention. 3/5

I like Arcade Fire. They’re perfectly fine. But, this album has always been crazy overrated to me. Don’t get me wrong, it’s very good; I find their followup is less “artsy Modest Mouse” or “Talking Heads through the lens of 00s indie rock” and more of its own thing. Still, tracks like “Power Out,” “Rebellion,” and (ugh, I begrudgingly LOVE it) “Wake Up” are catalogue standouts. Nice to come back to this every once in a while. 3.5

I want to like these guys- the tracks are everything I normally like: quirky and oddball lyrics and tunes and such. They're ok but there's no spark. Maybe one day i'll get them......

Better than i thought, but not a fan of the singer´s voice and sometimes there´s a little too much going on.

I liked this a lot more than Suburbs, and the release year was pretty interesting (if I’d had to guess, I would’ve placed this sound around 2008 at the earliest). This wasn’t *quite* to my taste, but it was frustratingly close, and I’m still trying to figure out what’s making the difference.

These guys are in that hipster band category (along with Radiohead, Vampire Weekend, The National, etc.) that you're supposed to "get," and I have rarely understood the appeal. They've got less that I know and enjoy than the others I listed, and this album breezed by me without making much of an impression. Enjoyable, calming music, I don't know, I'm just not digging much here. So many albums in this "no man's land" of decency for me: fine music, but I'm unmoved and uninterested. Favorite tracks: Neighborhood #3, Une annee sans lumiere. Album art: I've seen this countless times, it's not bad. Definitely a relic of its time. Nothing crazy though, I prefer a few others from them. 3/5

Recognized *that* song from commercials. Otherwise not much stood out. Feels like a 3 is generous.

Okay, kind of just generic background rock music. Nothing really standout.

Decent music, very irritating singing style

3.5/5

I had heard them way back on SNL when they were on, and I do remember them because the last song led into a concert they did afterwards. The first time I listened to this, I was a bit turned off. Didn't like the vocalist, a little warbly. He reminded me a bit of Mark Coyne from The Flaming Lips. The drums were too simple, which bothered me. I did give it a second listen, and warmed up to it more. I found myself enjoying it, but I am still not a fan of the vocalist. And the drums do need work.

I tried to listen to this album many times, because it felt like I should like it more. It never really clicked for some reason. I notice a lot of songs tend to focus on a particular riff and never really change. Maybe that's the problem - the album just doesn't seem dynamic enough. It's not bad, I just don't know that I would seek it out again. Favorite tracks - Wake Up - anthemic and it's probably one of the more dynamic songs on the album. Une annee sans lumieri pulled me in but has the same issue of being essentially one riff all the way through, until the very last minute. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) - another one that's basically one riff with subtle changes throughout, but it's a very cool riff. In the Backseat was a good closer.

lyrics are beautiful, but very muted when it starts. Ultimately, it's a bit up and down.

Think it got better as it went on. Only know one other song of theirs so was good to hear this.

Not in the right headspace to enjoy it...was not terrible

different than what I was expecting, not every memorable however

Helt ok indiepop

Arcade Fire is supposed to work for me on paper and people really love and almost revere it but I just don't.

First time listening in anger to those Arcade Fire fellas. There's a grandeur and a sweep to their sound, that's for sure. I get the feeling I'll have to listen several more times to get beyond that grandeur and that sweep, but it's not something I'm opposed to. I'd always put them in a box marked "Kings of Leon et al", and left well enough alone. There is some interesting stuff going on (aforementioned grandeur and sweep aside) - the intermingling of lady-voice in there was a welcome surprise, for instance. Plus that grandeur. It feels like "visual music" in the a similar way to Eli, I suppose - the visual here being people driving across a sun-blasted desert, for me. Still not sure they don't belong in that box marked "Kings of Leon, The Killers etc", but I'll certainly give em a few more tries to find out.

Ovo ono, nisam im posvetio puno paznje prije. Svida mi se mix i izricaj za prvi put, ali mi nije odma sjelo

Asså det är väldigt bra men vid det här laget är jag så trött på det här soundet att jag nästan inte tycker om det längre... Gillar deras neon bible mer.

This is probably my fifth time listening over the years. I think I finally get what this band has achieved here- good song structures and instrumentation. Still will never care for the main vocalist. This album isn’t for me, but I finally get it.

Ok album, had some cool moments but nothing that exaordinary. Listening conditions weren't the best however.

Standard fare from Arcade Fire, a decent listen.

Pretty decent. Doesn't quite do it for me though. I do like Wake Up, probably because of the trailer for Where the Wild Things Are

I feel as if, no matter how I approach this album, I'll always be biased against it. Everyone was so quick to absolutely tongue-bathe this record that, now that I check it out? It's fine. Just fine. "Wake Up" sounds like the literal definition of the commercialization of indie rock, or some sixteen-year-old trying acid for the first time. This is my second Arcade Fire record that I've received and my patience grows thin. Favorite tracks: "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)", "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)"

Not my thing. But the melody is alright. Just not into that sort of voice and that way of singing.

Songs merge into each other. Tonally bland and uninspiring. In the Backseat was the standout track as it didnt have the lead singer on it.

The album is pretty much unremarkable.

I thought the album was very well produced and was very well written. It was not my cup of tea though.

It was okay. Didn't really grab me, but didn't grate either, so that's a bonus !

Sometimes I love this

Rock indie. Cosas interesantes.

Reminds me of the trio to Florida. Bold & anthem. The great tracks are a triumph but doesn’t hold up all the way through. Too immediate. No intimacy for me.

A debut album that made the band huge straight away. Whiny emoish vocals, huge noise - orchestral rock? Best Tracks: Neighborhood #3 (Power Out); Wake Up; Rebellion (Lies)

Really familiar

Didn't really like the production. But 3rd song is quite good

Another album that I wasn't sure that I'd like. Honestly I was mostly right, but there were a few songs that I did like and I liked them a lot. Like Neighbourhood 1 (Tunnels) and Une Annee Sans Lumiere. Wake Up was OK too, but otherwise it was pretty average. 3/5 stars.

Sympa, 5 chansons likées donc bon ratio mais pas de gros gros coup de coeur (pour le moment)

Might have hit differently if I had grown up to this album. The worst first 20 seconds of any song called Wake Up.

Good listen, but did not impress me

Ci sta, un po cosi, un po' lame, non mi dice niente. Mosica rock lenta, un po brit.

Lo trovo un album ben fatto e scorrevole. Loro hanno cavalcato l'onda indie degli anni 2000 e hanno fatto il botto (per questo ad esempio loro li trovo più mainstream dei Coldplay e per questo li penalizzerò). Sono anche stati i pupilli di David Bowie (Daniele ne sarà entusiasta). Comunque l'album non è male, ci sono alcuni pezzi che mi piacciono come Neighborhood #4, Wake Up, Haiti e In The Backseat. Voto: 3.75 ..per un pelo! Comunque sono bravi dai.

Not bad but would have preferred them to be a bit "heavier"

liked the instruments, hated the vocals. wavy and weak.

Interesting album, definitely not my taste. Can see why it rates highly.

Coming of age? Lots of hipster stuff going on I think, but that's not a bad thing, especially in 2004.

Nog eens eentje dat we kennen van naam see

Toffe eenmalige listen, rebellion pak ik mee naar men playlist

Inoffensive

Neighborhood #3 was a banger and from there it got better, but I felt the start of the album wasn't great.

Nice atmosphere and good vocals.

Nothing really catching about this album for me, but it wasn't bad, just not special

I liked some of the tracks. Others were just not clicking in so much for me. I can appreciate the quality of the musicians, but I find the main lead vocalist a little too screamy for me on some tracks. I really liked "Rebellion" though.

No flow for me

Voice is a little bit grating, but the melodies are enjoyable

Rebellion (lies) was goe. De rest achtergrondmuziek, mor ni echt voor een playlist

classic 2000s alternative. actually not that bad, I did enjoy some of it

poppy alternative. meh

Recognised the band name but wouldn’t have been able to name any tunes ! It was good. ***

Betterer than I remember them being!

In the desert that was the noughties, this wasn't terrible.

3/5

Pretty good

Doesn't do much for me. Basically pleasant, but not that interesting. Some modern, poppy beats and elements. Seems highly produced.

2.7 out of 5. Ends well but all the Neighbourhood songs are average. Rebellion definitely the best

Rebellion - absolute banger Une Annee Sans Lumiere - last minute is a tune Wake Up - same again, last minute and a half is good Album overall is good and very easy to listen to.

Escuché este disco en su momento y tenía muy buen recuerdo de él. Hoy en 2021 creo que tiene 2 temazos y el resto no llega a ese nivel, pero en general todo suma. Imprescindible "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" y "Rebellion (Lies)".

Overall, good. There is an interesting mix of inspiration from David Bowie to U2. A poppy influence of a punk streak into an interesting mix. There is an interesting flow throughout the album, almost a sense of fulfilment, perhaps linked to the title ‘Funeral’ It is truly a journey and celebration through the melody of the music. In the backseat builds to a beautiful send off, with layers and layers adding more and more complexity and rhythm until the crescendo, then one by one, the sounds fade and the instruments disappear, much like attendees at the funeral service, we hear the violin crying out, and the beat as footsteps fading away. Finally a few piano notes and string plucks leaves us with an eery and sudden silence. The end of a funeral and a deliberate end.

Musically super cool. Mixed feelings about the singer voices.

I'll admit I'm a total "fair weather" Arcade Fire fan. I typically only like their hits. This has some of those, it's solid.

Pretty fun

I would have enjoyed it much more if I was still a moody teenager.

It’s okay. I think they did better work. I also think this album is overrated by most.

Lo siento mucho pero no. Hay dos rolas que tienen con queso pero el resto no me engancha. Aunque esas dos son muy buenas (creo que la de wake up y crown of love). Un tres sólido.

I was getting pretty deep into noise music and living with an alcoholic around the time when this album came out so I kinda missed it. Seems to be a fine album. Reminds me of Modest Mouse. These songs sound like they were practically made to be used in ads for relatively large companies seeking to cash in on indie cred.

Ok

Wake up is a jam and that song gets 4 stars, the rest brings it down to 3

Have been meaning to fill my Arcade Fire gap for a while but wasn't very impressed. Mediocre but will give it another crack to make sure

Great life journey album for it's time...

I know Bowie dug these guys, but I can't get into them

Not their best album but there are some good parts

Primer disco de Arcade Fire, mostrando lo que sería el clásico indie de los 10s pero aún con ciertos sonidos rockeros. Canción favorita: Wake Up.

Not my taste but in general it’s a good listenable album.

ehh too slow for my taste

ok

Good re-listen, I like the more orchestral parts of Arcade Fire especially the last track

2.75? is that nitpicky? i wasn’t totally pored but not impressed either. nothing stood out

i can't fully explain how i feel about this album.  it feels as if it were created in a lab to appeal to me, there are a lot of pieces and parts that i like in other forms and places from other artists, but i have a visceral reaction of dislike for this album and have for years.  i don't feel that a singer has to have a conventional voice, but this voice grates on me.  i would be listening to a track and suddenly the drums would be super abrasive, or the vocals would get tortured with a choir behind them, or like in "crown of love" at the end it shifts into almost a disco mode?  i have a headache now.  i am not adding any of these songs to my library.  2/5

En ole ennen kuullut mutta todella tutun kuuloista yleisellä tasolla. Perushyvää indierokkia.

The music on this album wasn’t terrible, but the vocals sucked. I’d rate it higher than 2 stars if it were re-recorded with a better vocalist. My guess is that Win Butler owned a van. He agreed to drive the band to gigs if they let him sing, and the rest is history.

Heard it before but I don't remember it. Now this is exactly the early 00s indie bullshit I could never get into. Boring and even annoying except for maybe one song. I'm glad I'm not a millennial so I didn't have to pretend to like this in 2004. Instead I could focus on rocking out to SOAD whenever their music videos came on tv 2/5

Crown of Love sticker ut som särskilt bra. Även Une année sans lumière gillar jag. I övrigt är det ok men inte mer. Sången låter ofta lite för tillgjord. Håller nog neon bible som ett bättre album.

If the album ends and I’m like “thank god that’s over”… it doesn’t really mean anything for the objective quality but it DOES mean that I didn’t like it

4/10 Not being much of an indie boy, I didn’t really know what to expect from this. They’re a band that are very highly regarded, and this album is frequently present on best of lists, but it’s not one I’d ever felt drawn to. They were also spoken of highly by David Bowie, which is typically a good sign. Unsurprisingly, then, here really is some decent stuff in here. There’s often a good blend of rich, harmonic content with promising melodies, quality sound design and production, and a very consistent tone of voice, with a clearly defined personality. Sure, there are bits that are a bit more ragged around the edges, with some slightly odd mixing choices, like lead vocals that were almost hidden in the mix, and sounded like they were recorded in corridors, but this is their debut album, and in general, they got the tonal elements of the songs into decent shape. Unfortunately, there were some elements of this record that I just couldn’t deal with. Rhythmically, it’s one of the flattest, dynamically limited releases I’ve ever heard. Given that they have not one, but two drummers, the lack of nuance and range within the rhythms is, frankly, baffling. And it’s not just the drummers either. Frequently there are parts that pound away in straight crotchet patterns for long sequences, and sometimes for full songs, relentlessly and invariably thudding on. It’s so soulless and frequently ruined my listening experience. The funny thing is, I love a lot of electronic and programmed music, so I have no real problem with repetitive rhythms, but there is absolutely no nuance here at all. I’m also not really a big fan of Win Butler’s voice, with him frequently sounding like he’s stretching it beyond its capabilities, but without any particular purpose. I get taking your voice to its breaking point when trying to evoke a particular high or low point in a songs narrative, but here, it just felt like a stylistic choice that didn’t gel with the motional beats of the music. Régine is a far better vocalist and the album would have been far better served had she been given the more prominent vocal role. So it’s a weird one. Is this any good? It has the potential to be, but to me there are too many things that negatively impact on the overall quality of the record, and make me never want to hear it again. So, I suppose its a case of unmet potential more than anything else. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) - This isn’t bad. It’s uplifting, anthemic stuff. There’s some good stuff in there, and the vibe and atmosphere of the production is pretty good, but I also think a lot of the base rhythms are very persistent and lacking in dynamic. The piano, for example, just absolutely hammers at crotchet chords for most of the track, and there are sequences when the guitar does a similar thing. Melodically, there’s some nice stuff in the lead vocal, but I’m not 100% sold on his voice just yet either. It’s not a bad start, necessarily, but it’s not really caught fire yet. Neighborhood #2 (Laïka) - The use of polyrhythms in the verses here is really nice, and the instrumental blend is good. The juxtaposition of the clashing guitar against the cleaner acoustic instruments makes for good range. In the choruses, we again have that relentlessly chugging crotchet rhythm that’s dynamically uninteresting and detracts from the fun rhythmic approach to the other sections. And again, the seemingly artificially strained vocal style isn’t really doing it for me. Une Année Sans Lumière - This is much more consistent. The melody works nicely against the harmonic elements and the general blend of instruments works very nicely. It’s still fairly rhythmically unvaried, but there’s a bit more nuance and dynamic to things that helps that to slide by. It gets an injection of pace towards the end that adds an extra bit of range too. Not bad. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) - The mix broadens out here, with thinner, more stripped back sections and more full-bodied sections. There is a bit more rhythmic range across the parts, but at its core, it’s still rhythmically one-paced. The drummer must be so fucking bored. The orchestration is pretty broad and the string stuff is nice, including the section where they work in discordant pitch slides. The vocal is a bit too shouty without the intensity in the track not really matching it for me. Again, some of the component parts are good, but it’s just not an entirely satisfying package. Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles) - This feels like a fairly bland sombre folksy indie track that they’ve inexplicably sampled the string section of an orchestra tuning up and laid it underneath, which just sounds bad. They’re obviously going for a floaty, ethereal sound here, but even on this, they seem remarkably beholden to very flat, relentless crotchet patterns that pound on in the background and make things sound too robotic for such an organic sound palette. When the strings actually play, it’s quite nice, but the rhythm just felt inescapable. Crown Of Love - 1, 2, 3, 4, dum, dum, dum, dum. It’s just relentless. It’s not really a bad song on top of that, and there are some nice moments of melody, with some equally good pieces of work from the strings. Again, I don’t really love his voice, particularly with the rest of the band, because so much of the tonal work is pretty clean and precise, but Win Butler’s vocal style jars against that, at least to my ears. It also sounds like the vocal was recorded from slightly too far away in a corridor. We do get a pick up in pace towards the end, which at least adds a bit of rhythmic variety, but even that is a change that just remains flat for the rest of the track. Wake Up - What’s this? rhythmic range? This is the big song that’s loved by montage makers, and film makers looking for something anthemic to end their middle-of-the-road tv drama with. It’s still fairly unvaried from a rhythmic point of view, but at least it’s more than just that relentless pounding on every beat of the bar. There’s good range harmonic range on this, with the strings and backing vocals adding excellent depth and quality to the piece. The melodic writing is excellent, and as part of the mix here, Win Butler’s vocal works much better. The later half throws in a switch-up of emphasis that’s pretty nice too. This was pretty good, to be fair. Haïti - This is actually a bit better too. It’s very whimsical indie and the slightly distant vocal recording technique is still weird, but I’s day Régine Chassagne is a better vocalist than her husband. The mix is a bit all over the place, with some of what you would expect to be atmospheric pad sounds being very forward in the mix and more melodic elements sitting further back. It’s still got a rhythmic lilt that’s established early and never varies, but it at least has a bit more swing and nuance to it than the flat four stuff from earlier. Rebellion (Lies) - The general musical content of this is pretty good. Some nice melodic moments, some good work from the guitars and backing vocals, and there’s a nice, rolling building sensation to the composition. But why are their rhythms so boring? There’s a lot to this, but it’s almost like they’ve just grabbed a one bar drum sample, looped it and just called it quits before focusing on everything else. It’s so distracting. In The Backseat - It sounds a bit like she’s doing a Björk impression now. It’s a slow burn with a lot of tension that builds and builds as it goes. There’s some nice sound design in there too. But yet again, what does the guitar do when it comes in? Hammer away on a flat four rhythm. It’s just very dynamically flat and rhythmically uninspiring. It’s fucking relentless, and they do it with the strings too. I actually really want to like this, because if they’d added more range to the rhythms, it could be very good, but I find it so oppressive to listen to.

not for me

I am not that fussed very poppy and not much to it

Sea Power without the sauce. What every indie band ever later became, is this patient zero?

Nothing wrong with it, but unremarkable. A big deal in Canada I see.

para ser debut, muy bueno pero siento que, dentro de lo indie no es tan raro. es un album que alguien te dice que escucha para quedar inteligente. a pesar de eso, me gusto bastante.

Shattered my expectations in all the wrong ways. Painfully boring and the vocalist is so grating. That's not how I remember Arcade Fire in the slightest.

This album needs to give the music a chance to breathe. In spots where there could be silence, there's a repetitive tone or an instrument constantly playing an ostinato. Because of this, the vocals get lost among the monotony, and are hard to understand. The melody for the vocals often doesn't change per each line sung. When it does, there's always a background instrument that plays what was previously sung.

An album without any low points or high points, which is somehow worse than a mix of the two. A truly forgetable experience.

Really? I don’t get it?

I think I would need to be in the right mood for this to hit. Generally, not something I'm going to just throw on

I’m not sure why this band grates - the B-grade Springsteen indie anthems, the annoying affected vocals, or maybe the pretentious song names. Whatever it is I didn’t get it at the time and still don’t get it now.

so incredibly mid

please god no. not another arcade fire album. is the debut better than “neon bible“? well, it seems catchier. i honestly cannot remember a thing about “neon bible” and it was less than two weeks ago. but i don’t understand the hype. i didn’t understand it while it was happening and i don’t understand it now. what was it that was resonating with people to make it such a big success? i think other, better bands were doing this much more successfully musical. matt pond pa for example. but i guess they didn’t have a violin player?

I think the most surprising part of the album was the overwhelmingly positive critical reception. It's definitely not offensive, but it feels like on the see saw of creative vs safe, they leaned more heavily on the safe side. It's a fucking crime that we have 3 of these albums and only 1 for contemporaries like Gorillaz, the Black Keys or Queens of the Stone Age or 0 for Tame Impala or Tyler the Creator

Do people consider this ambitious? There are a lot of layers but I actually find it kind of bland and tame. There's no bite. I also don't particularly like the vocals, they're a bit weak and whiny There are some parts I enjoy, like the second half Une Annee Sans Lumiere which reminded me more of British indie of the time. Neighbourhood #3 is pretty good, I like the grander sound that that one goes for Didn't really enjoy this and probably won't come back to it 2.5 Highlights: Neighbourhood #3

The singer has a delivery that mixes Morrissey's incessant whining with the type of self importance that never allowed me to fully embrace Bono. But Bono had a great tone and excellent songs. This vocalist is just a non-starter for me. It wouldn't matter if the band was amazing (but they aren't). The keyboard work in particular is even more pretentious sounding than the vocals. I'm sad to read that they are a Canadian band. I usually like Canadian bands. At least the record jacket is cool. I just read that Pitchfork gave it a 9.7. That doesn't surprise me. Just like Rolling Stone in the late 60s, they like to occasionally assert their influence by taking a terrible album and pumping it up (RS review of the unlistenable VU and Nico album being a good example). What is worse is when they pan a great album just to stroke their own egos. It's like people who say they hate The Beatles. This one gets a 2 out of 5.

I don't get this Album at all. There is some decent songwriting Here but the vocals and mixing in General Ruins it for me.

i used to love this album. i had it on vinyl and gifted it to a friend when they got their first record player. i think its a mix of listening too it far to often in a short period of time plus numerous accusations of sexual misconduct with frontman Win Butler that sour this revisit. it’s corny music but still catchy

Pre Listen: Never heard of them, but I like the album cover. No expectations. Notable Tracks: Haiti - My favorite track, I love the intro. I wish this female vocalist was featured on every track, I would've liked the album a lot more if that had been the case. In the Backseat - Another highlight. Again, the woman singing is leaps and bounds better than the male vocalist. Post Listen: Another album I'm filing under Millennial Rock, and one where the lead vocalist really drags the whole experience down 90% of the time. I defined Millennial Rock under a different review of mine as "really boring, but never really bad per say. It's characterized by smoother, low tempo beats, lots of ooo-ing and aaa-ing, and the occasional piano or other classic-adjacent instrument." I'm gonna use that describe every one of these types of albums, as I feel the exact same way. What's noteworthy on this one is how much I hated the regular male vocalist. Bro needs to either let out the tears, or go to therapy, sick of this wishy-washy inbetween whining. Unimpressive, sleepy sounding corporate schlock. 2/5.

Odd one this. Sounds like something that should be likeable, but yet adds up to less than the sum of its parts. A bit too earnest. Round myself paying no attention to the lyrics. Just.. meh.

I found this album to be kind of a downer and depressing. It is not something I would listen to again; however, musically it was okay.

Gillar deras nya bättre, mer refined, detta basic? Lite meh

-very 2000s band, kinda reminds me of the soundtracks of the movies made during then. can envision Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson right now for some reason lol - Neighbourhood #3, Rebellion and in the back seat are the highlights for me on the album -kind of repetitive and got a bit bored mid album

2/5 Decent, a little folky, and some songs that sounded good but didn't develop into anything I really wanted.

meh

olidligt sätt att sjunga på

Dribble. Mindless dribble.

ok nothing special

2/5, extremely boring for me.

Not likable at all. listened all the way through but didnt like it.

Ei se nyt ihan lähe, ja laulaja on aika karsee. 2/5

Not their best album for sure. But good and choir and horn sections always hit ..live best

Last three were pretty good but most of this did nothing for me

Deleting the essay I wrote before because upon further reflection I just don't like this record. Not the worst thing I've ever listening to, but the 3/5 I gave before has not been sitting well with me. Taking it down to a 2.

Mix of Coldplay and bono - snooze. 1 good song maybe

I wish I could like Arcade Fire. They're such a staple of early 21st century indie. But having lived through the hipster wave of the 2000s and early 2010s, I can safely say I almost drowned in arcade fire records in that time. And it's not being overinundated, it's that I've heard better bands from the same year this came out. You can't tell me modest mouse doesn't absolutely crush this band in 2004. Indie Album of the year, by the way? Over Elliott Smith? They borrow so much from him it's painful. And don't get me started on the Pinback influence on track 5. Yet another band I'd rather listen to than Arcade Fire. With a better vocalist, as well. Win Butler warbles his way through this record in a manner that makes me believe he's scared of his own voice. Like listening to RFK Jr. say more than a sentence at a time. Instrumentals are fine, and the production is good as well, but I can't bring myself to listen to more than half of this album at a time.

Not for me

Not my thing. Also just an overplayed style. I feel like this is responsible for all stomp clap music of the late 2000s and 2010s.

I'm not really a fan of the voice of the main vocalist. Feelin' introspective. Also felt nostalgic for "Wake up".

Pas convaincu

ok

Meh, nothing memorable at all. I think Arcade Fire are one of the most over rated recent bands

I didn’t particularly enjoy this album, but I can hear a lot of the influence on indie rock to come. It’s got that chime-y, ringing guitar borrowed from The Edge (U2) and a multi instrumental approach with strings, flutes and woodwinds that give it a twee or ethereal, chorale sound. It’s probably one of those albums that informed a lot of music after it that improved on the formula, but points for being first. ⭐️⭐️

Good music- not my taste

2,5

Man, I just do not get the hype over Arcade Fire. Musically they're fine at best, and dude's voice makes me queasy.

Reminds me of Bowie, but not as good.

the guy goes woah ooh ouuh ooh ouuh for 48 minutes it sounds like they made this album for a money laundering scheme crown of love is the one song i like on this

One of the biggest albums of my youth, and one of the most embarrassing to reevaluate for that reason. Cheugy beyond belief. Dumb Guy Smart Guy stuff on the level of any bad poet musician you can name. Just awful! A hard round up here for two reasons: it’s better than any of the albums that followed it (at least it sounded kind of novel when it came out I guess) and also I do still like Owen Pallet and he does some good work on this.

Okay

Already listen to it, but not really my type of genre

Sounds like every other hipster indie band from the early 2000s - fuzzy and sweet, slightly whiny and mostly inoffensive. The only noticeable twist is the strong Talking Heads influence ; but Talking Heads did it better in the first place, so why bother ? I didn't hate it, but I also didn't connect with it on any level, and it did become a bit annoying towards the end. Kind of a pointless addition to the list in my opinion, there's no way this band deserves three albums... 3/10

Bought on release, pulled in by the hype. Musically it feels like a messy Têtes Raides style sprawl with violins, just way more dramatic. It constantly flirts with falling apart, a kind of organized chaos. Coming back to it now, I get the appeal, especially in the early 2000s when rock was fading into something blurry and lifeless. This sounded alive. Still, just like in 2004, I can’t fully get on board. The voices and that overload of sounds wear me out. I could come back to it though, because I feel that it was and still is special and might give it another try… in a decade.

Not my type

Not as bad as a funeral but not as fun as a wedding

I get that Arcade Fire and this album specifically was insanely influential, but I can't not hear it's influence in the some really bad music of the 2000s and 2010s. It sometimes just sounds like Imagine Dragons or Twenty One Pilots to me. I like the rest of the album much better than Neighborhood 1-4, and I like when the female vocalist sings, she has a really unique voice. Maybe more time needs to pass before I can listen to this baroque rock stuff and not cringe, idk.

Pregnant with the “shout stomp” folk movement

White generic slop, boring

Not my style, but good to expand outside my comfort zone a bit.

Not my cup of tea. V unrelaxing

Música de publicidad de cámara de fotos. No me disgusta, tampoco me enloquece. Meh. No queda guardado.

Utterly forgettable.

Я уже не знаю что придумывать чтобы как то описать релизы девятой сотни

2000s sound. As I listened I kept thinking they sound like other bands like MGMT, Fleet Foxes and Modest Mouse with the whiney kiddie voice and group singing. I did like the classical instruments though.

Eipä jäänyt tästä mitään mieleen. Aika tasapaksua huttua...

Desconocía el artista no me agrado mucho las canciones, tal vez no es mi tipo de música o solo se siente vacío sin sentimientos

Meh

I'm just not a big fan of Win Butler's voice. Lots of good songwriting and old-timey sounds on the record, but can't get past his voice.

Dreamy vibes, chill. Lo veo como soundtrack de alguna película romcom o algo así al momento de la revelación final. Medio aburrido igual

no good music comes out of canada

Don't know what the fuss is about

I grew up and not really into it anymore lol

Nah not for me. Wake up is maybe the only song I like here. Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs” album is the first instance I can think of where I brainwashed myself to like an aesthetic because it was someone I respected’s favorite thing. Female vocalist is really low in the mix when she’s on, and those are the parts of this album I enjoyed the most— so I’m not feeling great about this one :\

kinda boring? this era of indie rock was so obsessed with being “important” and “bombastic” and it might have felt that way at the time compared to their more sleazy counterparts but it sort of rings hollow now. at least, the earnestness they present on this record doesn’t resonate with my own earnestness, then or now.

No thanks

Unfortunately, didn't resonate complety with this album however, saved a song so that i can give it a second chance someday :) Maybe, who knows, I'll find someone who can change my mind about this album.

Three albums on this list is a bit excessive for this band. This is the second one by this band I’ve heard so far from this list and it’s not doing much like the other one I listened to. I don’t really understand why they’re so popular although they do have a fairly inoffensive sound so that’s probably how they found appeal. These songs just sound so second rate. Whatever style they’re going for is done pretty lightly. In a way it does seem kind of classically Canadian to take indie rock and make it sound so bland. I’m Canadian so this band is kind of embarrasing to me, ugh. Although there are apparently many people in the world who like this but I suppose that’s not surprising because most people in the world are very conservative. I’ve been trying to keep my comments as kind as possible but I’ve been getting a run of sub-par albums lately so I’m losing my patience with the amount of crap on this list…

Not my cup of tea

Lo escuché mientras lavaba el auto👍🏽

NGL this was kinda buns. Not even good at all cheks. Why did this get recommended to me, they can't sing or write a hook. Utterbly uninspired and bland album.

48 minutes of perfectly mid music. extremely inoffensive. i've probably heard this playing in the background at stores before but it just washes thru and leaves no trace in my memory. i guess i like the vocal style and vocal processing but again, other artists did it the same on much more interesting tracks. rebellion comes closest to standing out but... not really. mostly this album just makes me wish i was listening to the killers instead.

ME pasó lo mismo que con The Suburbs. Rock lavado con poco punch. Es como Imagine Dragons, no es para mi.

This sounds derivative and not very interesting. Not plain bad, just boring

A little odd. Not my flavor.

some stupid self-indulgent lyrics in here sub-par musics and musings, amusings it goes to places I wouldn't go with my huge hunting dog aka Rebellion, but then it moves toward In the Backseat which is lovely, but if I didn't go, how can I come?

It's fine but reminds me too much of the pretentious people that would enjoy it.

Meh

Songs for advertisers to sell cars to

Couple of hits but not my taste.

Inascoltabile e noioso. Non l'ho nemmeno finito

I just don't get it! I see a lot of people 5-starring and I cannot for the life of me understand why. I've heard this name a lot and saw them in a couple of videos, including SNL, but most everyone sounds bad there. But these folks seem to sound bad everywhere. They're average musicians at best and their singer(s) are Quite Bad. Maybe the lyrics are deep, but none jumped out at me in a few listens. Sort of average views on mundane things. Usually I can say something is not for me, but I can understand why someone would like it. But here, this is just bland every-band sort of MOR crap. Sorry if you love them and are offended. I'm sure you're a fine person. AND I'm happy you're on this list trying to widen your horizons and improve your musical tastes. This is a 2 album at best. Because I could see them with a different singer making some decent music... maybe.

Don't care for the vocals, instrumental is alright. Lackluster

Overrated

Meh

Pretty, but not my style. More like soundtrack music than an album I’d choose to listen to.

Vocals are more annoying than anything else. Very gospely. Production is good

Not bad but just not my preferred genre.

This one is enjoyable as background music but nothing pulled me in further.

Not for me.

Ei kolahda. Tasapaksua. Laulaminen osittain rääkymistä ja musiikilliset koukut puuttuu. Viimenen kappale pelasti vähän, oli sellainen jonka voisi lisätä jollekkin soittolistoista

It was alright not a big fan of the genre.

What did I know about this album/artist before I listened? Okay, I know that they are an indie rock band, maybe from Canada? I’ve heard exactly one song from - “Keep The Car Running” - which I don’t believe is on this album (*checks* it is not). They won Album Of The Year at the Grammys in the early 2010s for the album The Suburbs. I bought cheap tickets to see them at some point in the last ten years that I ended up selling to Timmy (the guy who recommended this album!). Like, I know who they are and some of their significance, but I have not knowingly heard anything from this album. What are my first impressions? First song was okay. I like the music and the way that the sonic elements were being introduced bit by bit. It all built to a satisfying climax and an extended outro, which when done right, I am a sucker for that kind of thing. I liked the lyrics enough, I imagine this is going to be an album full of aching and loss based on the tone that has been set (the thing IS called Funeral, after all). I didn’t mind Win Butler’s vocals, but I’m interested to see if I get tired of him by the end of this album. He has a warbling, wandering quality to his voice that isn’t awful, but I don’t know that I’m going to be into it after 50 minutes. What genre(s) come to mind as I listen? Are there any specific artists that are evoked? "Une année sans lumière" had a little bit of 90s Springsteen popping in (appropriate, given I know he was a stated influence among bands like this and the Killers as the 2000s went on), and I heard a little Jimmy Eat World on this and “Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)”. Is the production appropriate for the sound/era? I mean… I don’t know that you could get more early 2000s indie here if you tried. I guess I knew that this was a larger-sized rock band and had at least one multi-instrumentalist playing some non-standard rock instruments, but it was still a surprise to hear the accordion and the strings when they came up. Listening to this helps contextualize a lot of the bands I was seeing/playing with in the mid-2000s Kalamazoo DIY scene, where this was really rampant (and perhaps even more experimental/indie?) and the vibe felt really pompous/highfalutin’. What did the lyrics evoke? What did the singer sound like? Were the lyrics more simple or clever, direct or vague? The lyrics are my favorite part of the record. The first half of the album tells a story of a town hit with a power outage in the middle of winter, and I can see where my first impression came through here. Definitely more of a set of lyrics devoted to aching than loss, necessarily. The second half of the record is just… other songs, which is fine (I don’t necessarily think a conceptual suite of songs has to encompass the entire album), but it hits different after the telling of a saga of songs. I was concerned about what to expect vocally as the album went on, but I’m finding myself warming to Butler’s voice. It’s also nice that he’s not the only vocalist here, as Régine Chassagne has a lovely voice and I wish she’d take lead on more songs. What is your favorite track/why? “Neighborhood #2 (Laika)” - The verse sounds like an indie-rock version of a punk rock call-and-response-type song, and it segues nicely into a chorus with a different vocal feel. The two seem like they should clash, but they work really well. Least favorite/why? “Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)” - I liked the lyrics to this, but it with most of these songs pushing five minutes, this one felt too long and too drab. Not enough variety in the music and not enough momentum to really warrant the length. “Crown of Love” - Look, I’m just gonna say it, 6/8 is not my favorite time signature, so if you’re gonna write a song with that signature, it’s gotta HIT. This was a boring, meandering dirge, and the abrupt switch into an upbeat 4/4 for the last minute felt more jarring than a heightening of emotion. What sort of situation/vibe would you find yourself playing this album in? Playability factor? I suppose I could see myself putting this on if I was in an introspective mood in the middle of the night. (maybe I’d be lucky enough to fall asleep if it was late enough) Final summary? I was really interested to listen to this, and as it turns out, I had heard a few of these songs already. (I swear, I always assumed “Wake Up” was a Polyphonic Spree song!) As the album went on, though, my mind was wandering and I was less engrossed in this listen. The first half was neat in concept, if not execution, and I was hoping for a satisfying build as the album continued into the second half, but it seemed like it lost steam after that. Interestingly, that’s how I felt about a lot of these songs as a whole: these tunes kept seemingly building to something, but then couldn’t deliver in the end (most of these songs were too long anyway). I wonder if the album had been sequenced differently, if that would have made a different. Switch side A to side B, and vice versa, and maybe reorder the non-suite tracks, and then at least it would have felt like there was a cool thematic climax at the end of the record. I dunno, I’m probably not gonna seek this one out for a second listen, but I’d politely ignore it if someone else played it.

Pretty standard fare for its era. Finished listening moments ago and cannot recall one melody or lyric. Also didn't ever want to skip it so there is that. Perfect mediocrity. Its... beige. Really unsure how it is on this list.

Boring. Forgettable.

Instrumentals were good but I just did not dig the vocals

Eh, it was fine but not really for me. The songs blended into one another. Wake Up and Rebellion were my faves among them.

Nice and relaxing but i wasn't in the mood for that today

Other than the one song everyone recognizes, the rest was forgettable.

Sounds like what u listen to when ur having a identity crisis

FAMOUS LOOKING ALBUM COVER!! POTENTIAL WHTE BOI CLASSIC™. You there sir step right up, you bet your sweet bippy that this thing has everything the the unmelanated melancholic could desire. It really is our time to shine. Our time in the sun. Although if you get me slathered in sunscreen under the tyranny of a summer's day with a UV index north of 5, I'll be shining alright, and about three minutes away from a nasty rash and bout of heat stroke. Thousands of years of heritage from the north of Scotland to produce a guy who says mean and often unfunny things about music on the internet. Battling the English and breathing your last on the bloodstained hills of your homeland, knowing one day that your progeny will be a chubby asthmatic chortling to himself making snide remarks about art, had to make that death sting a little worse. I am deeply sorry that I am both using the English language to make this apology, AND such a disappointment. Speaking of disappointment! Too much stomping, too much clapping. We had moments here, but too much happiness overall. Sorry everybody. Maybe this is for a different brand of white bread. I am the discount Old Mill variety. I have the nutritional value of a pinecone and I am NOT for sale. 2.5 HIGHLIGHTS: Allegations incoming

a bit too whiny for me personally. The last one I enjoyed though!

eh not really my thing…the instrumental was cool at times though

p902. 2004. 2 stars. Distinctly average Stateside indie rock from the critic darlings, with no redeeming features.

I thought it was just ok. It is decent music, the kind of music that is the soundtrack to an average rom com movie.

Immature

скучно, но приятно уху

Seemingly a caricature of indie pop

Not a big fan of Funeral. The first track was amazing and was really looking forward to listening to the rest of the album. However, after that the quality started dipping. For some reason just didn't really connect with any other tracks and was happy when I finished listening.

It didn't click for me and came across as dull, probably need a few more listens

3/10

An album that had a huge impact at the time. Not really for me as I found it somewhat overblown, overbearing and sloganeering.

This is very Canadian. I don't know how to explain it but it's just very Canada in its vibes and sound and content. Of course there's a franglish song. It's interesting I like it but it's also just meh. I'm only halfway through however. Yeah I like it but it's kinda unremarkable. Also they're using American spelling which is crazy. Favourite: Haiti Least favourite: Neighborhood #4

I personally didn’t like the sound of the album the first song on the album was my favoritebut I will check out the artist again

Not a fan of this. This is a 2 star for me. It's too... I do not know. Not for me.

not really my thing

A classic emo grunge rock album. Personally, not a fan of the vocals, they tend to rely heavily on whining and screaming. There was some interesting instrumentation.

2.5 no meu coração

Crown of love é bastante corny. Não achei ruim mas não me pegou também. Wake up é melhor, mas nada demais imo. Acho que o que me incomoda são os "backing vocals". O álbum é agradável de ouvir, só que não me tocou mais que isso. É meu primeiro contato com a banda, nunca tinha escutado nada deles. Não particularmente me suscitou curiosidade pra ouvir o resto, mas não desgostei de ter ouvido também. Pra um debut, é maneiro. it's fine. Duvido que vá escutar de novo.

Too much noise, too little order. Maybe I’ve already passed the time of listening to this kind of sound, or maybe I haven’t reached it yet to truly understand it. At least it didn’t work for me.

Some cool music and some which to me feels kind of meh. This is my third Arcade Fire album, and I'm not certain that they all warrant a spot on this list.

Verging too much into stomp clap for me to get past

Hørt i stua hos mamma 2. juledag

It’s just not my thing. Don’t take it the wrong way.

This is second Arcade Fire album I’m being dealt here. Last time I gave them 1/5 - it was unbearable! This one is much better - I’d say it’s twice as good!

Neighborhood.

I find this type of sound very boring.

Twee Talking heads. Twee but not in the way GIRLS the TV show is, but I know each of those girls would be listening to this. I don’t think I’d listen again but I can understand why people do like this sound. It’s of a time of American apparel and instagram filtered topshop changing room selfies.

I found some of the more energetic tracks entertaining, especially when they built up a head of steam, but I can't get behind the vocals, which are fairly indistinct and sound like they were recorded using a mic in the next room. Once of those groups that only really gel if you found them at that special time in your life when every artist was the best ever.

Funeral After enjoying Neon Bible I was looking forward to this, but I didn’t really get on board with it, it felt a lot like the same song over and over, and the same song going on and on. And coming after the enjoyable eclecticism of SFA, the slightly po-faced seriousness of this doesn’t land that well, falling into that morass of late 00s US indie rock that I struggle with, the similar tempos and drum patterns, the similar melodies and the similar sense of self importance. I’ll definitely listen to Neon Bible again, but I don’t think I’ll come back to this, so it's a stingy 2 for me. ⛪⛪ Playlist submission: Neighbourhood #3 (Power Out)

Pretty good! Haven’t listened to ‘Wake Up’ in years and was surprised that I was kind of over it by the end considering how much I loved it back in the day. Love a full orchestra/band, band.

This is the whitest shit I have ever heard.

Thanks, but I'll pass. 2

OK. The songs all do the most obvious thing and the vocals are pretty weak.

1.7/5 I didn't really know what to expect since I've only ever read the group's name somewhere, but never intentionally listened to their music. Now that I have, I can say that I didn't miss out on anything. At least on this album, Arcade Fire sounds if you gave MGMT or Empire Of The Sun a violin, put some more effect pedals on the mic's line-out and moved them to Canada. In other words, it's really boring Indie / Hipster music. I've ranted about this whole genre before so I won't do it again, what I have to say though is that this album definitely doesn't belong on this list (but what does at this point?). The album always sounds like this "You grow up and break free"-theme that never hooked me to begin with, it sounds watered down and very inoffensive. Probably perfect for secretaries and people who don't know what life is about (but not when they're 18, but 35+). So 35-18 = 17, put in a dot for good measure and you'll arrive at my rating: 1.7/5

Wake Up is still pretty good. The rest of it didn’t click for me.

Gahh why must Arcade Fire make me turn against Montreal for a second time!! There are morsels of good ideas here, mostly in the instrumentation, but their entire sound is built upon angsty melodrama that I do not find at all relatable or enjoyable.

Not for me

Good but boring. Enjoyable as background music. 5/10

It's not bad, and there are some good songs, but overall it fell flat for me. Especially the first half. "Wake Up" is really good. I remember hearing about this band in the mid-2000s era, but never got into them. Listening back to this, I can see why - pretty uninspiring overall. But they are at least capable of something special. 2/5.

Nooo not more Arcade fire, no need for more than one of their albums on this list, snoozefest

idk, man, it's * less interesting than the emo stuff that came before and clearly inspired it * less interesting than the rock that was happening at the same time as it * less interesting than all the indie pop rock stuff that was popular afterwards

I really tried to like this! It has so many influences that I do like and I know a lot of people love Arcade Fire, but I couldn't get into it. This is the epitome of soundtrack music, consistent, droning, not too interesting to pull attention away from the visuals. There is some nice piano and violins but they're hard to appreciate because everything is mixed at exactly the same level creating a flat, monotonous drone. It's a mix of styles I like but they've all been mixed into a grey goo. Disappointing. The cover is really nice though! The composition is interesting and pleasant, it gets a 4/5.

There are some beautiful and orchestral songs on here, but I find it extremely annoying when there's one instrument really high in the mix keeping time by playing the same chord continuously for the entire song. And unfortunately that's almost every song on this album.

Pretty boring, not my thing. Couple decent moments but they’re lost within the rest of the album which is nothing special

Well this is more highly rated on here that I expected. I accept that I just don’t get much of the critical acclaim rock music from the period very much, have little infinity towards it, a disconnect with what was perceived as the cutting edge of rock at the time hearing a dull bland drone. Old man shouting at sky time ( insert Grampa Simpson meme). I didn't find this bad per say, but struggled to touch what makes it relevant? Sees like It was on, but it didn't seem to do anything in particular, go anywhere. I just don’t hear a masterpiece that others are describing or anything close, just a fairly bland conglomerate of a series of rock tropes since the 70s, under that sheen of 21 century production. If this is someone's greatest album ever good for them, as it likely has meaning and context in time for you, personally I had little interest found it dull, 2nd listen didn't get any better, that dull guitar sound and wall of rhythm that is so prevalent in Millennial rock, whinny vocals again a stable. Not for me 2 Stars And as side note last artist I had on here all the top reviews were all linked bar none to allegations of misconduct, pillarising the artist, though not substantiated in that case but everyone had issue myself included - art vs artist, etc etc though similar situation here it seems when googled - but not much mentioned?? Be it unsubstantiated it is an issue/or isn't, but people seem to pick and choose their moral stand ( if they like the artist/ he isn't such a prick?).

I was subjected to this album a lot in 2005. My reaction again is annoyance.

Mulle lihtsalt tundub see album kohutavalt igav. Võibolla kui ma kuulaksin seda plaati mitu korda läbi, siis jääks midagi meelde, aga esmasel kuulamisel on tõesti raske ühtegi lugu siit meenutada. Ei aita ka fakt, et mulle see vokaal ei sümpatiseeri üldse. Võibolla mulle lihtsalt ei meeldi indie rock või see vaib.

I have heard of this band plenty, but never listened to them before, pretty sure of that. I'm halfway through now, and it's not that bad, but it's kind of boring to me as well, can't see this going for more than 3 stars, maybe less, will see after I finish listening to this fully.

this is good and stuff. hipster as fuck to be honest. Wake Up is a fucking BANGER. Win Butler is a dork and a sex pest, but so are a ton of folks on this list. This is not a justification. Rebellion Lies is also good. Whatever, it's a 2.

This wanted to be great but did nothing expansiveness enough to truly achieve that.

I've never actually listened to Arcade Fire until today, but I have three quick stories that should help illustrate what my impression of them was before going into Funeral. 1. My first serious girlfriend (who I had a pretty traumatic breakup with) was one of those annoying "hipster" girls who was really into amateur photography and indie rock. Arcade Fire was one of her favorite bands. 2. I once saw a new Arcade Fire CD (can't recall which one – probably The Suburbs or Reflektor based on the timing) on sale for like $1.50 at a Brookstone in Maine and considered grabbing it, but ultimately decided against it – I just had a gut feeling it wasn't going to be my thing. 3. That whole "Paft Dunk" stunt at Coachella back in 2014 (along with Win Bulter dedicating a song to "all the bands at this festival playing real instruments") left a bad taste in my mouth for a long time. I'm sure it was in good fun, but anyone clowning on the kings of French touch presumably weren't putting out music I was going to enjoy. With all that out of the way... I tried to go into Funeral with an open mind, but it was hard not to hear the album as a bunch of pretentious indie rock. The vocals were so unintelligible that I had no idea what I was even hearing half the time. I can't say I genuinely hated it the whole way through, but there also wasn't much I really enjoyed. This is one I'd be okay not coming back to – hopefully one of Arcade Fire's other Book Albums will do more for me. Highlights: Crown of Love, Rebellion (Lies), In the Backseat

Behold, an Arcade Fire album I didn't just hate.

A cynical person's idea of sincerity. I don't buy it.

mid

I’ll take another godawful Neil Young album after this

Gear: ZiiGaat x Hangout.Audio: Odyssey 2 Artwork: ✒️🪶🍂 Production: 😱🔪👂 Music: 👀❓🤷 Rating: ✒️✒️/5

Probably a 2.5. Much better than the last Arcade Fire album.

Noisy and demanding. The art value is low while begging for relevancy is high.

I can’t get into this band, my mind and my body are indifferent.