rofl 32->320
Anyway, recently I threw up a list of the twenty five best albums so far of the year. The Suburbs, Stuck On Nothing, and Before Today should all be on it, but uh. Uh.
25. I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone – Crime In Stereo
24. The Wild Hunt – The Tallest Man On Earth
23. American Slang – The Gaslight Anthem
22. The Big To-Do – Drive-By Truckers
21. Trans-Continental Hustle – Gogol Bordello
20. Teen Dream – Beach House
19. Crazy For You – Best Coast
18. Twistable Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute To Shel Silverstein – Various Artists
17. Romance Is Boring – Los Campesinos!
16. The Brutalist Bricks – Ted Leo And The Pharmacists
15. There Is Love In You – Four Tet
14. Blue Sky Noise – Circa Survive
13. Plastic Beach – Gorillaz
12. Transference – Spoon
11. Odd Blood – Yeasayer
10. Light Chasers - Cloud Cult
9. Foxy Shazam – Foxy Shazam
8. Forgiveness Rock Record – Broken Social Scene
7. How I Got Over – The Roots
6. This Is Happening – LCD Soundsystem
5. Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty – Big Boi
4. The ArchAndroid (Suites II And III) – Janelle Monáe
3. A Badly Broken Code – Dessa
2. The Monitor – Titus Andronicus
1. High Violet – The National
Yeah. For the most part I'm very proud of this list.
The new album by Arcade Fire...
I wrote this earlier on what.
"I'll say it: I don't think this is as good as Neon Bible. I DEFINITELY don't think this is as good as Funeral, but Neon Bible doesn't get enough love. The melodies on Neon Bible are ever more robust than the ones on Funeral, but The Suburbs, while sprawling and rocking, doesn't quite maintain the intensity that, for every song on the previous two albums, Arcade Fire has always had.
"The Suburbs" is a pretty good example. It doesn't have that same passion as the previous two albums did. It's more gentle and carefree. At the same time, the sound on "The Suburbs" is constant as opposed to dynamic, which is a way that you could classify every song on Funeral. Lyrically "The Suburbs" is a wonder, of course. In fact, the entire album is pretty great in that respect. It just sounds like they don't know exactly where to go musically."
It's still very good, don't get me wrong!
Oh, and "Month Of May" is one of the better songs. I'm just putting that out there! The best song is "We Used To Wait." I also just got the vinyl rip, and I have to say that "Suburban War" makes a hell of a lot more sense as the penultimate track than as a centerpiece. Sheesh.