Tuesday, July 20, 2010

New Arcade Fire is Well-Received


Arcade Fire released two singles today from their upcoming third album entitled "The Suburbs."  The first is a double single featuring songs "The Suburbs" and "Month of May." These are two of the earliest virally-released songs off "Suburbs" and have been on the Arcade Fire myspace for some time.  Next is the "Ready to Start" single. Now, this one justifies the post title.  The song has already shot up to #10 on the iTunes Alternative Chart, surpassing Edward Sharpe's "Home" and Sky Sailing's "Captains of the Sky" and has reached #177 on the overall chart (that should tell you something about the state of the Alternative genre lol).  Good for them! Personally, I'm not really sure if I like the new songs.  I think "Ready to Start" is a great pulse-pounder, one of Arcade Fire's best (and maybe the only) high-energy rock songs.  But there's NO CHORUS! Oh Arcade Fire, you're only, yet really annoying, flaw. Write choruses!  On the other hand the song has some really cool lyrics: "Businessmen drink my blood/ like the kids in art school said they would."  I don't know what to think.

Ready to Start-Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire "Ready To Start" by OctopusWindmill