Arcade Fire - Funeral
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Music CD Cover Artist: Arcade Fire Edition: Music CD CD Release Date: 2004-09-14 Music Label: Merge Records Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for Funeral Album
Free Music Review: Just Give It A Chance
Hit: 5 Stars
After reading pitchfork's ecstatic review and also noticing insound.com hailed "Funeral" as "album of the year, I was hesitant to pick this one up. I am always suspicious of such hype, but it only took one listen to justify all the hype surrounding this record.
Most often, a great album will snag my attention with a beautiful hook or a catchy riff, yet with "Funeral", I established a very quick emotional bond with the music, especially with Win Butler's powerful vocals.
I had a lot of trouble trying to pin down the emotive powers of the music. "Funeral" travels a fine line between beauty and over-the-top musicianship, but the humanistic touches flourish through the sublties, making the album totally genuine and earnest.
Yet despite the album's heavy emotional content, it's a surprisingly fun (and danceable) listen, with catchy guitar stabs, fluid bass lines, and upbeat drum licks. The finale on "Crown of Love" is absolutely loveable, while the open guitar riff of "Wake Up" just plain rocks. The album's pinnacle, "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) is slightly reminiscent of Modest Mouse, with it's emotional ambiguity and lyrical integrity.
The Arcade Fire have recieved a lot of comparisons to Neutral Milk Hotel, and while I fail to see any strong connection, both groups seem to brilliantly and effortlessly defy every sort of conventional categorization. At times "Funeral" seems like classical, indie pop, rock, dance, and slow alternative, sometimes simultaneously. And they still blend this eclectic mix masterfully, which merely shows the musical and emotional depth they've brought to the record.
However, trying to categorize and label this record seems unfair to its intent. The songs, with subjects like suburbia, parents, death, and car rides can seem at once sorrowful and still hopeful. The Arcade Fire have crafted a modern masterpiece that will continue to amaze because each listen can offer new insight, continuing to challenge the listener.
Don't buy this record because of the hype or because of this review. Go to The Arcade Fire's website and listen to the samples and merely let yourself get enveloped in this aural masterpiece. I can almost guarantee you will strike a deep, internal cord with something you won't be able to describe. It's something I still can't quite figure out, but most of me really doesn't want to know. All I know is that i simply can't stop listening.