Paul Morley on music: Arcade Fire

The Montreal-based septet will be out to prove that a band's all-important third LP can retain the capacity to surpriseAs you might have noticed, unflagging glory seekers Arcade Fire are releasing their third album, very generously extending their luminous repertoire. This got me thinking about a few things, including how much I love their outraged, elegiac vitality; how there are always good ideas behind their music, and an air of the triumphant that doesn't stray into the theatrical; and, inde...

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