arcade fire.

Unlike Sia, Arcade Fire knows how to evolve with computers and hip crowds. Their latest album "The Suburbs" is big and powerful and they rock without selling out. Each of the album's 16 tracks feel different from each other but still beautifully combined and fresh. There's electronic influences as well as more organic vibes. There are big sceneries, hopes and dreams, simple everyday stuff and a lot of heart. Usually I associate Arcade Fire with chills. Chills in the sense that they create a rather hollow space of sound that makes me shiver, literally. I'd say it's a little like walking home in cold rain in November in Sweden or possibly scooping ice cream in a cold basement. For this reason I was contemplating switching from this album to something else on my ride to work this morning. Today was an exceptionally cold day. But after giving "The Suburbs" a fair chance, it turned out to have a reverse effect; it provided a warm feeling and sense that I had been in those songs before, a sense of home and familiarity. It worked more like a blanket than a scoop of ice cream. This song "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" is my favourite track.