Neon Bible
Arcade Fire

you know, i've noticed all these albums have had 11 tracks so far. i wonder if that's some kind of standard for this site or if it's just very common. first album i've gotten from after the year 2000 so we're in for a very different vibe with this one track 1, Black Mirror: oh i can all but feel the discontentment in this one. very nice 7/10 track 2, Keep the Car Running: you gotta be ready to go at a moment's notice. 8/10 track 3, Neon Bible: quite chill vibes, 7.5/10 track 4, Intervention: been working for the church while your life falls apart. augh. 8.5/10 track 5, Black Wave/Bad Vibrations: it's funny because the vibes are AMAZING on this one. dark, but good. 8/10 track 6, Ocean of Noise: it's not conventionally ocean-y but the instrumentation on this one does give me the feeling of floating on an ocean, the last of the light disappearing over the horizon and tipping into night. 7.5/10 track 7, The Well and the Lighthouse: a good change in feeling midway through, from the well to the lighthouse. 8/10 track 8, (Antichrist Television Blues): i can't parse the lyrics but the feeling hits me REALLY hard. would actually listen to this one again 9.5/10 track 9, Windowsill: another banger with very nearly corporeal discontent, 8/10 track 10, No Cars Go: is that ACCORDION? excellent. 10/10 track 11, My Body Is a Cage: title is already a hard mood. set my spirit free. 9/10 overall 8.3/10 -> 4/5, but i'm pushing that up to a 5/5. take the time to feel out this album, it's worth it

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