19.10.10

In Rotation: Wavves and Arcade Fire

In Rotation
Melodic nostalgia and poor decision making
By Troy Farah
Published on 09/30/2010


Artist: Arcade Fire
Album: The Suburbs
Rating: 4.5/5

Continuing their obsession with neighborhoods and citizenship, Arcade Fire’s latest, The Suburbs, winds around familiar streets of escapism and nostalgia. Less gloom and more zest, it’s a departure from their more elegant Funeral and intensified Neon Bible, but retains that classic, quiet desperation that originally hooked fans.