Albums of 2010, No 4: Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Their reputation for being fixated with death and religion might have preceded them, but Arcade Fire's third album proved they were a band with a big heartIs it possible that a feeling of reticence developed towards Arcade Fire in their absence between albums? After the grief-stricken Funeral and the doom-laden Neon Bible, I approached their third LP thinking I'd heard all they had to say. But after a few plays it was clear that Arcade Fire possess a rare magic; for all their fixations with deat...

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