Arcade Fire hasn’t always been able to keep up with its time, both representative and defiant at the same time. It is easy to place the group within the so-called aesthetic. New Intimacya post-9/11 ideology that rejects the previous micro-generation’s embrace of modern cynicism and postmodern irony. Arcade Fire, by definition, he cared. Lethargy and …
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After a rapid rise that built a passionate fan base, the band struggled to connect on their latest album. A new publication, “We,” links the band’s past to their hopes for the future. Source link
Rarely does critical consensus return to the 2010s as quickly and as sharply as for Arcade Fire, a band that started grabbing a surprise album of the year Grammy for their beloved, booming duo album. “Suburban,” and ended the decade that was caricatured as untouchable scolds during the 2017 tech critique. “Everything Now” left almost …
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