MetalHeart Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 “Some say the whale can't open his mouth, but that is a fable.” The Arcade Fire are Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, Sarah Neufeld, Jeremy Gara and Win's little brother Will. The last year has been an eventful one for The Arcade Fire. In June 2003, Régine's grandmother Nancy died; in August, Win and Régine were married; in September, the Arcade Fire started recording their debut album. In March 2004, Win and Will's grandfather Alvino Rey died; Richard Parry’s Aunt Betsy passed away in April; in May 2004 the Arcade Fire were signed to Merge Records, and completed their album. It having been something of a heavy hitting year, the band's minds were somewhat a-whirl. The deaths of Nancy , Alvino and Betsy brought to mind all the people they had loved who had died: they decided to call their newly completed album Funeral. The Arcade Fire reside in Montreal, Quebec. Win moved to Montreal four winters ago, as a panther moves from jungle to jungle—silently, with rocking shoulder blades. Looking for musicians, he found Régine, who combed his sleek fur and removed the thorns from his paws. Régine had secretly learned to sing, play piano, guitar, accordion, mandolin, flute, drums, and harmonica while her parents weren't watching. Her family fled Haiti (under the dictatorship of Duvalier) in the 1960’s for Chicago, New York, and then finally to Montreal, where Régine grew up. Win and Régine wrote song upon song; they performed and recorded them with the help of many tiny hands: hands such as Richard Parry's; a hulking brute who knew recording and the finer points of instrumentology. Richard consistently collaborated with Win and Régine, waking up one day to find himself fairly ensconced with them musically—a sort of red-haired lighthouse firmly planted on the Arcade Fire's frontier. His great winking light helped draw in dozens of moths, as well as his former band-mate Tim Kingsbury. Tim killed the moths, joined the band, and then skillfully played whatever instrument was open to him. In March 2003, Will Butler slipped across the border into Canada, with the goal of playing music with his brother. This he did until the truant officers caught up with him and forced him back to college in Chicago. But that was later. With Win and Régine freshly married in August 2003, and a summer's worth of rock and roll at their backs, the Arcade Fire wanted to record an album. But they hadn't a drummer. They persevered in the recording, though, only to discover the man that was to record them at Hotel 2 Tango studios, Howard Bilerman, was a meat-hook fisted, iron-boned drummer of a fellow. Howard graciously agreed to perform on their new album. Once the band begin to tour at a prodigious pace, the suave and debonaire Jeremy Gara signed on full time to pound the skins in an attempt to keep this rag tag crew in time. Why hell, there was their band, and they recorded. Thousands of tiny luminary hands came out and helped once again: Sarah Neufeld; Owen Pallett; Michael Olsen; Pietro Amato; Anita Fust; Sophie Trudeau; Jessica Moss; Genevieve Heistek; Arlen Thompson; Mark Lawson; Thierry Amar. Sarah Neufeld has since become a full time member of the band, doing the work of an entire string section with her single violin. The result of all this collaboration is Funeral, the debut full length recording from the Arcade Fire. The CD will be released by Merge Records on September 14th, 2004. In the tradition of their itinerant, Depression-era family-musical performing forefathers, the band will be touring extensively both in North America and Europe well inot the Summer and Fall of 2005. The Arcade Fire salutes you! “It takes a band like Arcade Fire to remind you that we are all custodians of our innocence and that we let it die at our peril.” --Robert Everett-Green, Toronto Globe & Mail “Now small fowls flew screaming over the yet yawning gulf; a sullen white surf beat against its steep sides; then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.” I just heard this band today, and I am already so smitten with them! Their music is just.... wow. I love hearing fresh shit. At times you may compare the vocals to Conor Oberst. Overall just a marvelous group You can find MP3's OVER YONDER and check out their website HERE edit: so far my favorite song is Rebellion (lies) so try to get that first! REBELLION (LIES) - Streaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalHeart Posted March 22, 2005 Author Share Posted March 22, 2005 BOOST! for uh. Freshness. and shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pictureofdorian Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Thanks for making me the cd the Arcade Fire is great! and the singer does sound a lot like Connor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalHeart Posted March 22, 2005 Author Share Posted March 22, 2005 Oh gosh, it's so nice! So far my favorite songs on the cd are: 2) Neighborhood #2 (Laika) 5) Crown of Love 8) Rebellion (lies) :D:D:D:D:D I joined a community on LJ for them. They have such a nice large fan base!! Kind of intimidating, lol, but so far they are nothing but kind in pointing me in the right direction for material, pictures, media, sites, etc. Speaking of those: Rebellion (Lies) Music video annnnd actually I'm going back to bed. I'll get more photos and things up soooooon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Snake Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Listened to the streamed song, not bad, looking forward to hearing some more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalHeart Posted March 23, 2005 Author Share Posted March 23, 2005 Thanks dear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pictureofdorian Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 For some reason I really love # 4 and #6.. they are so great.. they make me want to dance.. but I cant because .. i suck at it lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalHeart Posted March 23, 2005 Author Share Posted March 23, 2005 Same here! Crown of Love is gorgeous, but the end is my favorite. Get's me groovin' up a storm! I love the lyrics... so simple, yet they way they are sang makes it hold so much power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pictureofdorian Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Neighborhood#3 Power Out.. thats the name of the song... I think, its by far my favorite at this point in time (it changes every day or so) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalHeart Posted March 23, 2005 Author Share Posted March 23, 2005 haha same here! although I just CANNOT get over Rebellion. but god. so perfect. THEY HAVE AN EL JAY COMMUNITY JOIN IT NOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pictureofdorian Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 OOOokay.. I have joined!! ninja these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pictureofdorian Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 I downloaded their self titled album... it is really awesome! very different from the second one but maybe better.. no equal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 Just thought i'd ressurect a thread about one of my favorite bands.... listen or die! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Bumpage... Neon bible.. how much did that rock!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alive she cried Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 about as much as danny boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 gotta say, it didn't rock my world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Line Nightmare Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Was just talking about Arcade Fire with one of my best friends tonight. We both agreed that we liked Neon Bible, but the first record is better. I've been listening to it a lot recently, but "Neighborhood #1," "Une Annee Sans Lumiere," and "Rebellion (Lies)" are my favorites. To those not really into them, just give 'em some time. When my friend gave me a burned copy of the first album, I didn't really know what to make of it. I really needed to listen to it a few times and wrap my head around it-- they're not exactly a band that you can put on at any moment... you really have to be in a certain mood to hear them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorelei Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 i've got Funeral by them, but only really listened to it once. i hate most of the indie bands today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalHeart Posted September 19, 2007 Author Share Posted September 19, 2007 Neon Bible has some good ones on it (my favourite off it right now prolly being 'My Body is a Cage'), but I do prefer Funeral to it. <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alive she cried Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 i've got Funeral by them, but only really listened to it once. i hate most of the indie bands today gotta say i'm with you there man, bell x1 the strokes the frames the kooks the fratellis all piles of shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 I prefer funeral myself, but there are some great songs on neon bible, the updated version of no cars go really rocks. And ASC, the strokes are fuckin deadly man, so are bell x1... i however am of the opinion that the frames should be shot, that glen hansard fucker twice, for good measure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorelei Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 i don't know what the hell it is, but have you noticed that girls absolutely love this indie shite? i'm not slagging off the arcade fire, they're an alright band, don't get me wrong, it's just this new wash of indie in general they seem to love. indie's such a broad term anyway, i mean you got the likes of the arcade fire and the aformentioned, but then you've got bands such as sonic youth, who can and are regarded as indie (as well as noise, alt., post-punk).... but all this fucking bland, mediocre wash of indie shite i can't stand, it's a bore to listen to yo la tengo, the flaming lips, modest mouse... uh.. about as far as i go when it comes to indie... indie = the new mainstream equivalent to emo? perhaps i'm just being cynical because i can't find it possible to like a modern day band or artist with cuntish fans, aka; the yeah yeah yeahs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alive she cried Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 indie = the new mainstream equivalent to emo? you got it in one man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 Songs from the new album. http://onethirtybpm.com/wp-content/uploads...The-Suburbs.mp3 http://onethirtybpm.com/wp-content/uploads...nth-of-May1.mp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalHeart Posted June 1, 2010 Author Share Posted June 1, 2010 Sweet deal. Thanks, man. Grabbing now. EDIT. Scratch that. They are gone now :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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