Arcade Fire - The Lightning I, II

A Killer No Filler.

Arcade Fire haben nach 6 Jahren Pause ihr neues Album WE angekündigt und eine erste Single mit Video veröffentlicht. “The Lightning I, II” klingt sehr nach einer Rückkehr zu ihren Indierock-Wurzeln nach den Ausflügen zu Indie-Disco auf “Everything Now” und “Reflektor”.

Auf einer Show in der vergangenen Woche in New Orleans hatten sie einen weiteren neuen Track namens “Age of Anxiety” gespielt.

Arcade Fire have announced their sixth album, WE, which will be out May 6 via Columbia. It was co-produced by Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich and the band's Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, and recorded in New Orleans and El Paso. There's also a song featuring Peter Gabriel ("Unconditional II [Race and Religion]").

They had an album's worth of material ready to record when they started recording in February 2020, but then the pandemic hit and they ended up writing many more songs. “It was the longest we’ve ever spent writing, uninterrupted, probably ever" Butler says. Despite the abundance of material, the album is a tight 40 minutes. According to the press release, the first side is titled "I" and is "about our troubles," while the other side, titled "WE," is "about our love for one another." (Brooklyn Vegan)

Ich liebe die neuen Songs und Arcade Fire haben in den letzten 6 Jahren sehr gefehlt.

“Lightning I, II” is a triumph: