Dec 18, 2006

Arcade Fire, New Song and Album

Okay, so this is not exactly, 100% folk music-related, but I thought people might appreciate an update about 2005’s biggest band and Montreal’s very own, Arcade Fire. Their album, Funeral, propelled them to widespread international success and several random appearance on stage with the likes of David Bowie.

Like an electric shock across the virtual airwaves, a new track has been released. It is called Intervention and can be listened to here. Apparently, this song has been played live for a number of years, but has undergone a serious transformation.

It will also appear on the band’s forthcoming album which, in a classic Arcade Fire shroud of mystery, will be released sometime in the spring. Rumor has it that it will be called Neon Bible.

For fans, this is very welcomed news. Pretty much everyone has been desperate to know what the band has been doing while locked away in a capacious, former church somewhere in the city. Everyone kept saying they were recording, but really who knows.

The other bit of news is, of course, the handful of tour dates the band has announced in London, UK and Montreal. Having tried myself to get tickets, I can tell you that the five dates sold out in less than five minutes. Five minutes total for all five nights. The venue is small. So many people love them just as much as I do. I’m very sad.

The band expects a larger international tour after the new album comes out. Until then, you can read up about the various side projects the group has spawn. There is Final Fantasy (a.k.a. Owen Pallett) who recently appeared on Pitch Fork for an interview and Bell Orchestre is always around doing something.

Until then, patience my friends. Patience.

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