It was bound to happen eventually and now it has: the Arcade Fire have made a bad album. Funeral has stayed great, Neon Bible was a pleasant surprise of a second album, and then I went into each of The Suburbs and Reflektor expecting them to be really not good only to discover in succession that actually they were each excellent, but Everything Now, unfortunately, lands with a thud.
Lots of songs that seem like they're trying to be tight and funky but are actually just dull, only two ("Creature Comfort" and "Electric Blue") that I'd count on the positive side of the ledger (also, "Put Your Money On Me" would maybe beat break-even if it didn't go on for so long), and oh I guess "We Don't Deserve Love" is quite nice too but by the time we reach it at album's end, it's too late. And a first for this band: in "Good God Damn", a song that makes me cringe a bit in embarrassment.
Lots of songs that seem like they're trying to be tight and funky but are actually just dull, only two ("Creature Comfort" and "Electric Blue") that I'd count on the positive side of the ledger (also, "Put Your Money On Me" would maybe beat break-even if it didn't go on for so long), and oh I guess "We Don't Deserve Love" is quite nice too but by the time we reach it at album's end, it's too late. And a first for this band: in "Good God Damn", a song that makes me cringe a bit in embarrassment.
