2022 week 19 | WE by arcade fire

Arcade Fire has done it again. This new album is joyful, painful, sincere, and very much of the times. Their performance of this song (primarily at Coachella) makes me weep. Honestly, just thinking about it makes me tear up. This album, upon first listen, felt too on the nose in it’s message. But soon, I found myself feeling seen, feeling heartbroken, and feeling hope in knowing not only that this art exists but that the artists themselves exist.

week 40 | neon bible by a giant dog (and arcade fire!)

Every year, Merge Records releases another album in their subscription series, wherein a band is given a budget and the time to cover an entire album of their choosing. This year, A Giant Dog covered Arcade Fire’s highly praised 2007 album, Neon Bible. It’s very similar, and they’re equipped to embody most of these songs with their own style, but it’s not perfect. That said, it’s fun and weird and cool and why not?! I’m switching off this week between the original and the cover and it’s been a rock and roll party blast so far. Les go.