Sharing its title with a John Kennedy Toole novel, the Arcade Fire's second album is markedly different from its more cloistered predecessor: On Neon Bible, the band looks outward instead of inward, their concerns more worldly than familial & their sound more malevolent than cathartic. Angry, embittered & paranoid, but often generously empathetic in their points of view, they target the government, the church, the military, the entertainment industry & even the basest instincts of the common man.
The album grows like a flower that blooms into beautiful painting of the here & now with the help of colors like fear, anger & sadness the results shine of Hope & of talents that still invigorate one's soul & ears.The Neon Bible is the Holy right of the current musical landscape that still needs saving. Lucky for us the Arcade Fire are the preachers we need.
Sharing its title with a John Kennedy Toole novel, the Arcade Fire's second album is markedly different from its more cloistered predecessor: On Neon Bible, the band looks outward instead of inward, their concerns more worldly than familial & their sound more malevolent than cathartic. Angry, embittered & paranoid, but often generously empathetic in their points of view, they target the government, the church, the military, the entertainment industry & even the basest instincts of the common man.
The album grows like a flower that blooms into beautiful painting of the here & now with the help of colors like fear, anger & sadness the results shine of Hope & of talents that still invigorate one's soul & ears.The Neon Bible is the Holy right of the current musical landscape that still needs saving. Lucky for us the Arcade Fire are the preachers we need.
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