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So this band the Arcade Fire isn’t half-bad. Pitchfork had some news item up today about how Merge is putting out an album by these folks in September. I’ve been listening to some of their stuff today and it’s actually quite good, especially “Headlights” and “No Cars Go”. It sort of reminds me of Head of Femur, or if those Elephant Six people were more into early U2 and Wire’s second and third albums than the Beach Boys or the Kinks.

I've also been listening to that Summer Hymns ep that came out a few months back. I think this may be their best stuff yet. I've really liked all their albums, and I'm not going to say that this ep is better than any of them, but I enjoy listening to this ep from start to finish more than I enjoy listening to any of their full-lengths in their entireties. It's sorta like these sandwiches they sell at the shithole grill downstairs; the sandwich is excellent, but it's most powerful and thrilling when you only eat half of it. Past the halfway point it gets to be a bit much. I think maybe the Hymns are like that too; as good as they are, they're better in smaller doses. But even when I eat the whole thing (which of course I always do) that sandwich is still fucking amazing, so this should not be taken as a knock against the Hymns in any way whatsoever. No ma'am.

So hey, how about that war? Pretty rad, huh?  ¶ posted by darkness at 10:00 AM