2013-10-31
An interesting yet unsurprising follow-up to 2010's The Suburbs, Reflektor is another bloated, exploratory concept album from everyone's favorite Canadian chamber-alt turned mainstream outfit. This time, the record's storyline is centered around the harsh duality between connect/disconnect in the digital age; Arcade Fire has been touring not under their usual playful moniker but rather marauding around as "The Reflektors," a collective alter ego that indicates a statement along the lines of: "We are not entertainers, but mirrors! We are REFLEKTING the hideous truths of modern life to the listener!" Edgy.
SPOOKIE DALY PRIDE
Medicine Chest
THE EXTRA TEXTURE
The Extra Texture
JESSE SYKES & THE SWEET HEREAFTER
Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul
BRIGHTBLACK MORNING LIGHT
Brightblack Morning Light
Noam Weinstein
On Waves
THE BRIDGE
BLIND MAN'S HILL
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