ReflektorThe Arcade Fire

According to Win Butler, being in a band is tough; being human is even tougher. On Arcade Fire's fourth LP, Reflektor, Butler and his band prove to be at their most metacognative, considering the abstractions and distortions of fame, suggesting a similar group of pitfalls for the modern human condition. These reflected experiences emerge as doubles and mirrors, band and audience as inversions and refraction in the pursuit of a coherent and authentic self. Unsurprisingly, Arcade Fire appears...

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