So now that it's leaked what are your first impressions of Reflektor?
Its the worst album ever and I heard the dog vomited mess yeezus was
Pretty nice, too bad all the tracks were Rick Astley. I expected more from James Murphy
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>>40977668me too anon
I like the first disc. I've yet to start the second
Does anyone know if they messed up the production or is it just a bad rip?Cause songs like We Exist and HCTNT sound so empty and the bass is too large
>>40977731it's almost certainly a bad rip, but also james murphy is not a great producer
has somebody got his vinyl? How is the pressing
>>40978282The irish cunts got it but they dont share any informationof course they're poor the pieces of shit
Afterlife, Oh Orpheus, Normal Person, and Reflektor are the best songs on the album.
>>40977766ur mom is not a great producer, faggot
I need a cd flac of this.
>>40978533Yeah, I guess my mom would make for a pretty shitty producer, ha ha.
>>40978533so clever
>>40977731it's confirmed that it's just a really bad rip
First time listening right now.
link anyone?
question: is james murphy producing the whole album or just that one track?
>>40978625nevermind. http://www39.zippyshare.com/v/25619874/file.html
scrobble y/n?
>>40978653He produced everything, except two tracks.
>>40978693always :)
now enough cowbells
>>40978689Terrible copy, missing 6 minutes of the last track as well
>>40978822got a better one?
>>40978859Nope, still looking.
>>40978312Porno and Here Comes the Night Time II were also great.The only track I didn't like was Joan of Arc.
listening right now, first impression is a bit meh. a bit too upbeat and dancy. not digging the basslines at all up to this point
>>40978822Those 6 minutes are just the sound of a tape rewinding, anyway.
i know it's a shit quality copy so i'm not really judging anything but that james murphy bloke seems to have a knack for picking the cheesiest, naffest sounds.it sounds like a late 80s record. like talking heads after they'd gone shit but with the guy from arcade fire singing instead.
>>40979006dey bringing disco back son
it comes out on itunes in a bunch of countries at 6pm eastern tonight so a good quality version should be out then
>>40979325>itunes>good quality
did it really leak this time or is it the stupid live version songs
>>40979478It's the proper one but thoughts are that it's a bad vinyl rip or something.
>>40979431Well 256k AAC is technically better quality then MP3 V0 and why would you need it in any other formats you wont hear the difference.
>>40979489ahhh i don't want some scrubby version to be my first experience with it (even though i hate listening to a new song the first time anyways)
I don't know if it's my headphones or what but I'm hearing win fine in "We Exist" without any issues, contrary to what some people are claiming.
>>40979551Do you have the link? I'm new to mu and looking for leaks.
>>40979573sent :)
>>40979573http://www39.zippyshare.com/v/25619874/file.htmlthe link I used.
>>40979597ty, the download got to 119mb in 10 seconds. been stuck there for 5 minutes.
This leak sounds really, really terrible. right?
>>40979716yep, it's a shitty transcode
>>40979692Mine was sluggish as shit but it got there in the end.
>>40979431>implying AAC quality is insufficient for anythingStop being a tryhard faggot
>>40979727I can't even really listen to it. It sounds so fucking flat in this leak. I hope we get something better later today. Can't the irish do anything right?
>>40979779>It sounds so fucking flat in this leak.this
Is it AOTY material? I'm about to give this a goLook past the bad rip quality
>>40979779at least it seems clear that a better leak will make a big improvement because if you try reflektor on the leak and compare it to the rest of the tracks reflektor sounds much, much better. same with afterlife, both of which have been released already.
here comes the night time sounds so much better, not live
>>40979910I know /mu/ says most leaks sound terrible and I often find them fine but this one is really bad and will not give us a proper sense of what the album will even sound like
Trying to get through it now. On Flashbulbs Eyes, terrible quality.
>>40979938As I said, try looking past the qualityYou can at least get a general idea of what this album is about, and judging by that, is it AOTY material?
i want to feel the swells, i can't feel this rip as much as i'd like. once again here comes the night time is awsome
meh, who cares about arcade fire, when I can instead listen to a 17 year old brag about rape charges and his hair.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II_MwDb9_rw
Despite the bass-heavy rip and missing minutes of Supersymmetry (even though it's supposedly mostly comprised of a tape rewinding, I still wanna hear it), upon first listen this album is fucking incredible. AOTY material for sure.
Damnit! Normal Person isn't nearly as jacked up in the chorus as the SNL video was. Disappointed there.
waiting for a better quality
already know was too much to take in during one listen, i literally felt the anxiety building in me.
Afterlife is so gooooood. This rip is horrible though. I'm purposefully only listening to Reflektor/Afterlife/Normal Person
A V0 rip was uploaded on what.cd but deleted soon afterwards because the uploader said he forgot to include the pre-gap track, hope he uploads it soon
>>40980125plz not be rusein
Looks like a what.cd user has a legit copy andis uploading it
Is there anywhere I can stream this link? Anyone uploading it to soundcloud or bandcamp or something? Because I'm at work and I need to hear this NOW, fuck. I won't be out for another 7 hours, either..... ;_;
>>40980069aw man, that's all i've been looking forward to hearing
>>40980039this kid goes to my cousins school
And the V0 is back!https://what.cd/torrents.php?torrentid=31117115pls be legit
>>40980207plz
It's the V0 on what legit? The 320 sounds ass.
It sounds like dad rock. It feels like music designed for 35-50 year olds who want to feel young. Not to mention every track is about 30% too long. I loved Neon Bible and Suburbs was ok. This is shit.
>>40980207please mega it
>>40980223seems like it, the fact it even has a pre-gap track makes me confident it comes from a CD source
>>40980207can anyone upload this to mega or zippy?
>>40980207mega plz
>>40980245If you could put it up in a zippy or something I would be very gratefull
>>40980207IT'S LEGITTHANK YOU BASED DILUNO!
haha I like how I had a ton of things to do and did none of them once I heard the album was leaked. Burning this shit right now, so i can car listen.
The new VO is legit, sounds great. The pre-gap thing though causes We Exist to show up twice, and one of them is longer...dunno about that.
Guys please zippyshare or mega the fucking shit out of that
>>40980273mega pls
>>40980273>https://what.cd/torrents.php?torrentid=31117115Mega.pls respond
Almost surely the V0 is legit.I'm feeling nice today, so I'm sharing it. I'm deleting that file in exactly 30 minutes, so someone else can upload it to Mega or sonething.http://aruberut.su/stuff/reflektor.zip
"It's never over" is my favorite track. That's the feels I wanted.
im upping it to mega
>>40980322fanx bud
>>40980331thank god>>40980322kill yourself
>>40980322ily
>>40980322this is the same file size as the shit quality link from earlier...is this the new V0 or the old version from earlier?
https://mega.co.nz/#!79xSlRQI!cKZyLiyO5KPbxzdI3H4ZPA-qAuJJ3dbU6D-kCeBQn3kI hope I am not struck down and killed for this. I love you all.
>>40980322>http://aruberut.su/stuff/reflektor.zipi just started downloadinggive me a good 15 minutes because my internet is shit
>>40980360thank u!!!
>>40980360THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST
>>40980298FYI>>40980298>>40980298
>>40980322Oh yeah that's the good stuff
normal person is the best song. maybe it will grow on me but i'm not excited by it so far
>>40980360>https://mega.co.nz/#!79xSlRQI!cKZyLiyO5KPbxzdI3H4ZPA-qAuJJ3dbU6D-kCeBQn3kthank you, good sir
>>40980360Thanks, remind me when I see you in real-life to suck your cock
>>40980360>yfw you didn't say what it was in the post so it won't show up in the archive
>>40980360ily2
>>40980360And we love you.
>>40980360what bitrate
>>40980431>https://mega.co.nz/#!79xSlRQI!cKZyLiyO5KPbxzdI3H4ZPA-qAuJJ3dbU6D-kCeBQn3kReflektorV0
>>40980387can you remove the pre-gap thing?
how's the sound quality on the mega link?
>>40980431235 kbps
>>409802985:43 is We Exist10:02 is the hidden track, it seems to be a bunch of reversed instrumentals, a "reflection" of the album maybe?
just fyi: hidden track is mistagged as "we exist"
>>40980459>>40980468I'm confused
>>40980360thanks dude, youre the best
>>40980459>a "reflection" of the album maybe?Clever bastards....
mediafire: http://www.mediafire.com/download/a60y1yl0st8h4zg/rflktr.zipthe hidden track tag thing is fixed in this one as well.
>>40977766lol ok
>>40980459where's the hidden track located? before the album?
>>40980490thank you based trip
I can't stop listening to Porno, guys
>>40980468where should it go? after which song?
>>40980477The CD comes with a pre-gap hidden track; track 0. On the first V0 uploaded it came mistagged as track 2, We Exist. We Exist is 5 minutes, the bonus track is 10
>>40980503its the first file in Disc 1 called "00-Hidden Track".The track name shows up as "We Exist" though.
I'm 30 minutes away from home and on my phone. No headphones. No way to download. Stuck here until 5 and then I work right after. Soonest I can listen is tomorrow...Enjoy it without me guys...
>>40980503yeah, it's a pre-gap
>>40980360is this better quality than the zippy link from this morning?
Favorite song - Here comes the night time, awful sound, it's never over, afterlife, reflektor
>>40980528It's a pre-gap track, just label it as track 0
>>40980528>>40980533i dont even see it listed in the spotify album page
>>40980529>>40980533>>40980546thanks guys. i like this so far
>>40980556>is this better quality than the zippy link from this morning?very much so
Is it any good? Worth a listen?
>>40980556read the thread dude
>>40980529ooh ok, cheers. Let's call it Hidden Track then? I guess
>>40980569Sure it's just a CD release thing.
>>40980569http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pregap
>mfw just a reflektor
>>40980585i did
too long and inconsistent, but when it peaks it's fantastic.
I hope it grows on me, because it's being shit so far
>>40980584Yes.
>>40980612It's pretty consistent, imoIt feels like I'm the only one really liking this, I only have positive things to say thus far, almost no complaints. Where mah Reflektor bros at??
flac on what
>>40980569so it goes at the start or the end??
>>40980657feeling a strong 9 on this album>>40980659shit already? Vinyl or cd?
So they want us to listen to "Hidden Track" as the first song on the album? Because it's not just 10 minutes of silence, there's actual music being played.
>>40980657what makes you think you're the only one liking it?
>>40980684cd
guess it could grow on me the second time around. I listened to that shitty version the first time, so it's quite possible.the titletrack is like the greatest song this year though. I have an infinite amount of scrobbles on it.
pregap track is just a reflektor
>>40980687It's not intended as the first track, to hear it on a pysical release you would have to manually rewind your CD copy past the first track
aw yeah this version sounds so much better
>I thought I found a way to enter>It's just a reflektor>you try to enter the album with the pre-gap and it turns out to be just a reflektorArcade Fire
>>40980690damn, I need it. Don't have an account :(inb4 "sent ;)"
why is flashbulb eyes even on here? it didn't do anything except waste time
>>40980725So just ignore it?
>>40980725Wonder how it fits in on vinyl
This album needs more Jarvis Cocker
I should be doing homework but I don't even give a fuck. here we go
>>40980490Password....... Pls help
>>40980762why can't you make your own decisions
>>40980765vinyls aren't as reflective as CDs
>>40980770>not doing both at oncejust composed a third species counterpoint line from beethoven's second species
>>40980776I want to listen to the album as the band intended. Crazy stuff, I know.
>>40980780but I'm an English major ("LOL YA STUPID FAGGOT YOU'LL NEVER GET A JOB") and I can't read books while listening to loud music
>>40980775>>40980490Password plss
who is the deep voice on reflektor, bowie?
>>40980752Is that really all you had to say about the album mr. cynicism. may amogoin
>>40980799yes
>>40980799yup
>>40980786In the days when CDs were king, pregaps were rare and if an album had one you'd be lucky to ever find it at all.
>>40980794turn the volume down
Just starting up the new rip of it....Much Much Much Much Much Better.
>>40980799yeah
>>40980490Password chum?
>>40980799Yeah
>>40980689>>40980224>>40980418>>40980627And plus the people on this thread >>40978878That's why>>40980684>strong 9Same here
>>40980799bingo
>>40980657Been an avid listener since funeral. I like this album a lot. Can't say if it's better than The Suburbs, but there's a lot more tracks here that interests me compared to Neon Bible.Also is it me or did Normal People sound way better live? The studio chorus sounds like someone fucking up at guitar hero.
>>40980809but then what would be the point? wat
>>40980490Mega link ain't working, password for this one pleasee
>>40980799Yeah. I also hear him in the ending of We Exist, though...
I didn't up the mediafire. dunno PW. my mega should still work tho...?
>>40980799turns out hes just a reflektor
>>40980799correct
>>40980799No.
the studio version of normal person is so much worse
>>40980453
I love how the reversed Reflektor from the hidden track flows into the actual Reflektor <3
>>40980360Arcade Fire - Reflektorhttps://mega.co.nz/#!79xSlRQI!cKZyLiyO5KPbxzdI3H4ZPA-qAuJJ3dbU6D-kCeBQn3kMEGAFor all you archive babbys
>>40980870the hidden track is really juicythe rip i had this morning was missing it
dat bass
now that it's over, now that you're older, you will discover, it's never over, it's never over, it's never over
HOLY SHIT DAT JOAN OF ARC
This album sounds fucking phenomenal. I'm just super disappointed that the studio version of Normal Person is no where as close to as amazing as the live version.
Arcade Fire is doing so much viral marketing in Toronto right now, there's giant REFLEKTOR logos all over the city on the sidewalks and shit.
>>40980922That's just regular marketing
wait, so listen to the hidden track first or at the end?
>>40980922>viral
>>40980939First, definitely
>>40980828there has been a lot of talk about the new album the last few days on mu. there will be people that dislike it, but there will also be a lot of trolls, annoyed with hearing about the new arcade fire album.
a decent rip makes so much difference. earlier i was not impressed but it is blowing me away now
>>40980908yeah, i was looking foward to it
>>40980939first, track 0, though it's not properly intended as the start of the album
Maybe we should call the hidden track Breakglass? Because of this teaser released yesterday http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnrgFe-nmqA
>>40980942>>40980931No, because when you step on it you get a virus.But seriously, what do you call marketing without any context? Like if someone walked by it who hadn't seen it before they wouldn't know what it means.ALSO it's viral because I'm telling you guys now, therefore spreading it.
>>40980976a guy talking about it to other guys is not enough to call it viral
>>40980971Woah that's awesome.
>~4:30 mark of Here Comes The Night Timethat was neat
>>40980998I told a lot of people, then I coughed in their faces.
>>40981004Gonna be a dance-a-thon live
>tfw i just wasted ratio on the quietest rip ive ever heard. i literally have to turn my system 2 times higher than i do normally just to here this shit
>>40980971I'll buy it.
>>40981008please don't get me sick
>>40981012>here
Normal Person sounds like a Pulp track
Guardian's 3 / 5 reviewhttp://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/24/arcade-fire-reflektor-review#pand
>>40981020sent ;)How does everybody rank this on their preliminary listens? Better than Neon Bibile and the Suburbs? Not as good as Funeral?
FLAC is on what.cd nowsomeone please respond if it sounds like a shit foghorn.
>>40981011yeah i'm probably gonna try and get tickets if they come around here and aren't too expensive because this album live is gonna be fun
What's your favorite track, guys? Mine is definitely Porno, followed up by We Exist and Reflektor
>>40981034>he likes The Guardian's music reviews!
>dat bass>dat dub & caribbean influence>dat Bowie>dat bizarre Jonathan Ross intro on one trackaotyay
>>40981004sounds AnCo influenced and I like it
>>40981055Afterlife
>>40981051i can't wait til they come around! i was dancing by myself yesterday to afterlife lol would be nice to dance with others ;p
>>40981029kek. shit
>>40981045guys
>Jonathan Ross intro wot
>>40981056Alexis Petridis is usually p good
>>40981041really liking it so far. almost half way through and if it keeps up it'll be better than Funeral for myself
>>40981055>>40981064Afterlife, Here Comes The Nite Time
>>40981041I never managed to rank AF's album, I love them all for various reasons. They all feel so vastly different conceptually, and being the AF fanboy that I am, I just tend to call them all great for different reasons.But musically and sound-wise, I'd say:Funeral > The Suburbs > Reflektor > Neon BibleI'm debating whether I should out Reflektor before The Suburbs or not, I need a few more re-listens before I can decide
>>40981055it's never over and afterlife
>Jonathan Woss sample on you already know
>>40981034>implying they won't be hailing this as a classic in twenty years time>implying the guardian isn't run by feminist jews>implying
Who /pre-order/ here?I'm excited to see how the vinyl release treats the pre-gap
>>40981072u can dance with me anon :)
>>40981034>Normal Person opens with a clip of Butler effusively thanking an audience for coming, overlaid with him sighing and asking, heavily, "do you like rock'n'roll music? Because I don't know I do." Once again: have you thought of looking on fish4jobs.com?lol'd
>>40981113Probably won't be on it, pregaps are pretty much exclusively a CD thingI wouldn't count out locked grooves or something
>>40981136I haven't heard the ending of Supersymmetry b/c the zippy link from this morning didn't have it and only time to listen onceWhat is it? Thinking locked groove potential there
if its anything like Sprawl II ill be happy
>>40981128Are you a good dancer?
>>40981045my ratio is shite, my account is fresh. someone please reupload flac to mega or whatever.
ok so i said about how cheesy it all felt when it was the shit rip and it sounds ever so slightly less cheesy on the better quality one but still very naff & 80s not my cup of tea but whatever that awful solina synth sound on here comes the night made me cringetoo much retro.
>>40977641>indie rock
>>40981151not really :(
>>40981145Some of the tracks are similar, but the synth in Sprawl II is very retro compared to this album
Sounds like Arcade Fire and LCD Soundsystem went to a party and fucked.I don't think Arcade Fire can handle The Murph though.
>>40981167Doesn't matter, we can still dance :)
>>40981136or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multisided_record
>>40980490why the fuck would you put a password
not feeling it at all
Where should I put the pregap track? As the first track, the last one, or as a interlude between discs?
>>40981055>>40981084This. Since the second disc is flawless, this is their best album ever.
>>40981154dude it's an arcade fire leak stop being such a fucking jew
>>40981217this
>>40981229>implying I don't have it preoderedfuck off
>>40981217put it as track "00"
somebody upload it to zippyshare
>>40981225If it isn't for that fucking Flashbulb Eyes and Normal Person, I'd say it's almost flawless
>>40981248on which CD? like, CD 1 of 2 track 00?
>>40981268CD 1
>>40981055Porno is the worst on the album. Best is Here Comes the Night Time.
>>40981278so it goes at the end of CD 1.
God damn, I forgot how good the title track was.
>>40981263I love Normal Person, even if live has way more punch. Flashbulb Eyes and especially You Already Know are the only non-fantastic tracks, but still good enough for me not to skip them. And the album itself doens't feel long at all.
>>40981281NONONO WRONG lolthe best is 'it's never over'
>>40981291wut
>>4098129100 is at the begining. "before" the album starts.
>>40981291pre-gap, not hidden track. In the actual CD you need to rewind before Reflektor to hear it. So it goes at the start of CD 1.Best track is Awful Sound, I'd say.
>>40981304>And the album itself doens't feel long at all.So much this. I was afraid that the album would feel like a tedious chore due to it's length, but I ended up liking almost every minute of it. It also helps that it's pretty consistent throughout the entire thingSo, is this a success on Arcade Fire's side? I honestly think so
>>40981336when I tag it 00, it goes at the end
>people being confused by pregap tracks
>>40981347I'm feeling a solid 8 to a light 9 on this one
>>40981347>So, is this a success on Arcade Fire's side? I honestly think soonly p4k can tell
I bet Fantano will go strong 9 on this
>>40981372>only p4k can tellI tell you know it will get 7.6 on pitchfork. Screencap this and shit.
>>40979516you are deaf and shouldn't be allowed on a music board
>>40981388that should say now
predition: arcade fire will win aoty grammy again and be a household name by the end of 2014;_;
P4K gave RAM a 8.8.There's no reason for this to get 9.0+
>>40981425p4k also gave yeezus a 9.5 and tkol like a 6
>>40981425nah, they're going to give it < 8.0 trust me.
>>40981412>Arcade Fire will not win grammy because album isn't indie enough>Will return to Secret Club status
>>40981412why are you sad by that?
>>40981425*not to get
>>409814417.9=King of Limbs.
>>40981425they will look at the metacritic score of around 76-79 and rate it around that.
>>40981443I'm ok with that.But it won't happen
>>40981441both were accurate so idk what youre implying
>>40981441TKOL got 7.9
damn this is fucking greatdefinitely much better than the suburbs imo8/10 so far - on joan of arc right now
>>40981466which is about 3 points higher than it deserves
>>40981474watch that 8 become a 9.8 by the time supersymmetry ends
>>40981475more like 7.8 higher
it's never over goes FUCKING hard
>>40981480can't w8 m8how does reflektor compare to the rest of their discog in your opinion?
>>40981465no. yeezus is objectively a 4 and tkol is a 9
>>40981503destroys The Suburbs, it's better than Neon Bible and as good as/slightly better than Funeral. And I fucking love Neon Bible
>>40981474I never was a fan of Arcade fire but I have to agree that this is fucking great so far
>>40981506
>>40981506>tfw i've been saying yeezus was a 4/10 since it dropped
>>40981503>>40981513it's hard to comparethis really feels like a departure
>>40981506>4 >has blood on the leaves, I'm in it, black skinhead, new slaves, bound 2 and on sight >not at least an 8.6
>>40981513guys seriously you've probably heard the album once. let's all just calm down.
>>40981537Listened to it 3 times already, on my 4 re-listen
>>40981534>has blood on the leaves, I'm in it, black skinhead, new slaves, bound 2 and on sightThat's why it's a 4.
/mu/ listen-along when?
Personally I didn't have anywhere near as much hype for this as I did for Yeezus and I'm currently enjoying it a tad bit less than my first listens of Yeezus.That being said I really like it and could out do Funeral for myself
>>40981537I haven't heard it yet but I seriously doubt that they will ever release anything better than Funeral.
>>40981562topkek/10
>>40981537when i really like something on the first listen, it almost always gets ever better as it starts to grow on methat's just me though i guess
>>40981537>I'm on my 4th listen
>>40981576you're awful
>>40981492yeah, it builds a lot of tension that goes nowhere
>>40981576I stopped reading at "I haven't heard it yet"
woah just listened to it all the way through and it ended so quickly. I think this album is going to be a grower, like all great albums. And I reckon Porno will reveal its brilliance after more listens
>>40981492>i need my music to climax to enjoy it
>>40981605any idea why the metacritic ratings are so low? I'm not trying to take the piss or anything; I'm on the bus home now and haven't heard it yet- but it seems to be getting a decent response in here.
>>40981603I actually kind of like the last couple of minutes but I do agree that the huge tension in the first half goes a little unfulfilled. still a good song though
Haven't downloaded the album yet.What is that Hidden-1st track? Was that confirmed and is it official? Are the recent (30 minutes) links that have appeared real, those 320kbps and FLAC?
>>40981634it's a pre-gap before Reflektor. 10 minute of reversed bits from various songs on the album. I call it Breakglass because it features in the Breakglass teaser they posted on ytThose links are real
>>40981624they're not that low for one thing. also, always remember that /mu/'s opinions on albums are always extremely dangerous things to rely on within a few hours of the album's leak. I never understand why people want to claim albums as masterpieces or failures after a few listens. anyway, I've heard the album once and it's definitely good. I can see why people dislike it because it's such a stylistic shift and some songs don't work as well as others etc. anyway, I'm going to listen to it over the next few days and see where it sits with me
>>40981634pre-gap track, it is official, the mega link is real
damn the end of supersymmetry was great
>>40981658Thanks!We may as well forget that pre-gap, it's just a kind of teaser I guess.
>>40981658sound, thanks for the input. can't wait to listen to it.
I have a 65dos gig tonight and I almost don't want to go because I want to listen to the album. lol
>>40981624probably because it's not as superlatively themed as the rest of their discography. it's quite slippery and ambiguous whereas funeral and especially neon bible & suburbs had definitive criteria. You can't tell after a few listens whether this will be a classic like the rest of their stuff... but it's not as easily definable.
>>40981694But it's pretty cool>Hidden track = Bits from the entire album>Album name is "Reflektor"haha, get it?artsy fartsy af
>>40981737...damn I didn't realize that
Can't wait to play this over my speakers. Just gotta wait till my roommate wakes up now
>>40981658I am all for any changes for a band! So I'm happy to read that. Can't wait!Änd yes, people now do not take enough time to judge an album. Many listens are rquired for each and every album.
>>40981767Wake him up by playing it on your speakers
>>40981757thx mate
>mfw picturing people moshing during the upbeat part of Here Comes the Night timeFucking ridiculous.
>>40981777it is already 1230 in the afternoon. i'm too nice though
>>40981794>mfw picturing people moshing during the hidden trackFucking beautiful
>>40981794same here haha
Listenalong in thirty minutes?
>>40981818i'm game for that
>>40981818You might wanna start a new thread, and specify if you want to start with the pregap or not.
>>40981818I got nothing better to do, I'm totally in
>>40981827this thread is already autosaging, so yes please make a new thread.
>>40981034this: http://100worstpeopleontwitter.tumblr.com/post/29822177540/53-alexis-petridisperfectly sums Petridis up
wow normal person lacks a punch
First listen.... It was 10/10 up to normal person, which sounds a little neutered compared to the live version, and You Already Know is pretty bad so far. The lyrics sound familiar here, does anyone know what other Arcade Fire song this is referencing?
>>40982069i dunno, but it totally sounds like a shins song.
>>40981356I know. I have Songs for the Deaf and there actually is a "Song for the deaf" that leads into the first track
Just finished listening to it and I thought Afterlife was ok at first, but now it's fucking great when it comes in after Porno
>>40981113i was going to but it costed more to ship it than the price of the record >>40981143locked grooves are short
>>40981444Because more people will start to listen to my favourite band.
>>40983029at least they might be qt 3.14s
its never over sounds like knaan