I’ve been on the fence about many albums this year, but this is one of the few where I’m torn. For every great moment on the new Arcade Fire record, there’s one that falls incredibly short of whatever stylistic mark the band was shooting for. Rather than
Given Reflektor‘s Orpheus and Eurydice-evoking cover art and track titles, it is fitting that Arcade Fire has appropriated footage from Marcel Camus’ classic 1959 feature Black Orpheus for the lyric video of new single, “Afterlife.” The band’s take on dance music is no less compelling here than it
