The Suburbs (Deluxe)
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Album • Jul 01 / 2010 • 18 songs, 1h 14m 31s • 0%
“Our heads are just houses, without enough windows,” trills Régine Chassagne aboard the grand, orchestral sweep of “Half Light I.” It’s a line that typifies the poetic cynicism—and evocative suburban imagery—of Arcade Fire’s expansive third record. Dripping conflicted nostalgia (“Rococo”), adventurous thematic echoes (“The Suburbs” and “Suburban War”), and throbbing, piano-driven grandeur (“We Used To Wait”), *The Suburbs* both despairs and idealizes, cultivating a masterpiece from disenchantment with the information age.