As discovered earlier by P4K, a white label vinyl of the new Arcade Fire single was found by a Chris Ward in a Glasgow record store. As it turns out, a handful have managed to get in to the big wide world, one of which was found by Zane Lowe and promptly played on his Radio 1 show tonight, making this the one day his ‘hottest record in the world’ bullshit is actually true for once. Think about it, who doesn’t like Arcade Fire in the slightest? More importantly, if you know of someone, do they have a soul and are they sentient enough to be protected by human rights laws?
First, the important part, links:
Download (slow, after all there are quite a lot of people wanting them. Not sure why)-
B: Month of May
Listen-
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mji0mxSXt8Q
A: The Suburbs
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23X24Ei7J2w
B: Month of May
Of the two, The Suburbs sounds more like a good album track (hopefully) than a lead single. Absoloutely nothing wrong with it at first listen, but perhaps a bit too plodding when it’s B Side is the tempo it is. Still, the track recalls the pre-Funeral work that made us all fall in love with the band the first time around, though it manages to do so without sounding like a backwards step.
Month of May, meanwhile, sees Arcade Fire revive their rockier side, all that talk by Win of his love for Bruce Springsteen clearly wasn’t a lie. Of the two, this is the winner for me (after two listens though). I would write more on this, but you’re listening to it right now. You are aren’t you?