New Arcade Fire album in August and announced on Tour
In a short while, the August 2 goes on sale " The Suburbs," the highly anticipated 3 rd album from Canadian band Arcade Fire , another of the bands most likely to win the coveted title of " the next big thing." After razing in the indie scene with their first 2 albums, " Funeral" (2004) and "Neon Bible " (2007), and create anthems as Tunnels, Power Out , Wake Up, Rebellion (Lies) , Keep The Car Running , Intervention or No Cars Go , it appears that this 3 rd album will follow the line of the above, with its indie how well has combined folk, rock and pop, all passed through his unique style and use of instruments not very common in this type of music (xylophones, gongs and even church organs!). On very rare that they can apparently do not be no doubt that in a matter of years will be able to fill stadiums, for sure.
But the arrival of new disc is not the only good news. Arcade Fire also announced World Tour, which will pass by Earth in November, the November 20 at the Palacio de los Deportes de Madrid and November 21 at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona . Attention because the Tickets go on sale this week, on Wednesday, July 14 at 10:00 through Ticketmaster Servicaixa and at a price of 39 euros (general admission unnumbered).
To whet your appetite, here one new issues that have been advanced " The Suburbs "
RECOMMENDATION: The All New Adventures Of Us - Best Loved Goodnight Tales (2008)
Another great discovery but not recent because This disk has 2 years old old. The septet Norhampton English called The All New Adventures Of Us (also known as TANAOU ) got in 2008 this debut album 'Best Loved Goodnight Tales ", a marvel of those who both currently scarce . Very negative surprise that a great album like this has happened so and so unnoticed in the music world, even in an area indie. Frankly inexplicable because this album gives a thousand kicks to many albums and groups who are worshiping in the indie world and of questionable quality just because of sound different or weird.
In "Best Loved Goodnight Tales " find an excellent medley of pop and folk songs, bright and cheerful with epic rock themes and more emotional and calm, great choruses and vocal harmonies, with a wealth of sounds impressive, excellent workmanship and even a string ensemble and wind. For recording the band was 1 years locked in a recording studio in northern Sweden , totally isolated and in full contact with nature and the harsh environmental conditions in the area.
The British origin of these guys are surprised because their sound is more like the American indie band especially for its folk touch, the resemblance at times with bands like Death Cab For Cutie and The Decemberists may be obvious, but leave it at that, there's a lot more. His playing epic songs is really extraordinary, and show bands massive flag made this sound like Coldplay and Muse not fill stadiums for more than their product is better, but rather the opposite. Feel bad that these guys are left without public recognition after a great album, it will be for a few enjoy with relish even with nearly 2 years late, the pity is that we have to discover your work by accident but that at bottom is bad news because sometimes those are the best discs and that most enjoy, no doubt.
Let's review the issues of this "Best Loved Goodnight Tales "
1. A Good Liar Is A Good Storyteller: after this great title is a beautiful song that starts with beautiful piano notes to finish exploding in a bright, cheerful and upbeat pop song. Great opener for an album that begins with first gay issues. 2. Firetruck (Doki Doki): another topic optimistic that all the winds have much prominence. Very folk and pop sounds to The Decemberists. 3. "Me Me Me" Said The Kite-Eating Tree, As He Took Breakfast From Little Katy extraordinary pop song, has absolutely all the ingredients you need a good pop song: happiness, beautiful, dreamy melody dream-pop, choirs humming, pegadez, some forcefulness and good guitars. The only thing missing is direct and concise title, in this case the opposite, I bet it's not a coincidence. 4. St. Crispin's Got Our Backs: continue to dream-pop territory but for the first time the epic, especially towards the end of the topic. Nice theme, very bright. 5. Forever 45 : great track somewhere between power-pop and dream-pop , was one of the singles from the album. Good vocal harmonies, very catchy, the most mainstream entire disc. 6. The Art Of The High-Five: his playing folk unthinkable non-American origin of these guys. It reminds us very positively this song to Arcade Fire. Continuing the dream-pop environment , good vocals, the joy of their tunes, but here with an epic touch a little more pronounced. Great song, best on the disc. 7. Löftets Grands / New Year Outro: total change of pace. In Löftets Grands pop and disappear completely happy to enter into a territory in a calm start, moving (helped by the violins), introspective and almost minimalist is not at all a long and pointless outpost (quite the contrary) that the issue eventually became a crescendo epic impressive, the guitars suddenly explode with a great background violins. They really are 2 tracks, as the last 2 minutes called New Year Outro is almost a side issue, which is also instrumental only pure epic with only guitar and a beautiful piano and xylophone melody. The best of album. 8. Medicine: sufficiently close to Death Cab For Cutie. Pretty epic, blunt end, good and powerful percussion, good guitar and again the wind and string ensembles reappear. 9. The Wide-Eyed Led Us Home: poppy theme relaxed, light, cheerful and calm in appearance, but with touches of power-pop towards the end they give a good rhythm and forcefulness. 10. Perfectly Imperfect: beautiful, minimalist and semi-acoustic emotive issue with the help of xylophone, singing a duet with female vocalist of the group. At the end enter the string ensemble with violin and piano to make the song sublime. 11. Hold On: epic final explosion of the album, with almost 14 minutes of issue. And begins with powerful guitars start to warn where the paths go, but suddenly go quiet for paving the way for the final big bang increcendo in the great ecstasy of the guitars and percussion that will delight lovers of post-rock and epic. After the big bang sound, a xylophone notes and a long semisilencio induced, a new issue on a basis of electronic and electro touch may remind us The Postal Service, but is only an introduction to a strong and lively final power-pop.
RECORDS REVIEW / RECOMMENDATION: The National - High Violet (2010) Roger Waters
Esperadísimo, muchos tenían fe en que este High Violet , el quinto álbum de estudio de la banda de Ohio afincanda en Nueva York The National , fuera como un paso adelante hacia algo más, pero sinceramente no les hacía falta ya que el paso ya lo habían given some time. His latest album Boxer and was a fist on the table back in 2007 and makes 1 añito had a good dose of EP as we made very satisfied with the launch of The Virginia EP . This High Violet has been the confirmation that The National are one of the best bands (if not the best) of the indie scene of the moment and are in an extraordinary way, but we can say that global does not reach dimensions of roundness who arrived in the Boxer . Yet the end result is extraordinary and touches the label of masterpiece. Overcoming the
Boxer is very, very difficult, a perfect record that none of the issues weakens. In this High Violet find better topics Terrible Love, Afraid Of Everyone , Ohio Blodbuzz , England or Runaway and any other " grower " very interesting, but other than loose enough and remain fairly global and leaves the album somewhat lame as Anyone's Ghost or lesser extent and Lemonworld Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks. Is still a remarkable album, essential and quite sure that will be among the best of the year and maybe of the decade. Many have criticized that no Change remarkable sound and style, why not short but frankly I see no need to change anywhere because boxes are not at all. With a sound and style completely consolidated, own, personal, nontransferable, fully adult and impeccably perhaps have shifted more epic songs. What is not in doubt and perhaps the good news of the disc is the extraordinary work of Bryan Davendorf to the battery.
Some will qualify from boring (her melancholy solemnity and darkness of some of her influences) and weirdos (the image of current indie kings has not sat well with some), others will say that the voice of lead singer Matt Berninger is completely flat and seems to grudging in some issues, but I say to them please show me a group with the ability composition of these guys ... but we will keep waiting because they always come back with empty hands. Anyway, holy melancholy ...
rehearsing songs for this High Violet :
1. Terrible Love : spectacular and epic crescendo just bursting with powerful percussion and great vocal harmonies. Temazo to type in the album version sounds quite strange and distorted, lo-fi very . 2. Sorrow : a "grower "That base of listeners grows and grows to end up becoming one of the best tracks on the album. Mysterious and dark, the dark air at all detract from beauty. 3. Anyone's Ghost : the most Light of the album, no is a bad topic but out of tune enough with the proper level of rest. Totally flat, all the attention is for the bass and drums rhythmically. 4. Little Faith : its first few seconds make us think we are hearing Today's Lesson of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds , but it is a mirage because what follows is a beautiful and peaceful song house brand of The National, one of those big mediostiempos only they dialed. Other " grower " becomes imperative. 5. Everyone Afraid Of : the best song on the album and probably the best that The National has made throughout his career with Lucky You. Addictive, mysterious, a disturbing and creepy intro with vocal harmonies is the prelude to an issue where a good rhythm and rhythmic percussion, acoustic guitar, organ, keyboards, wind ensemble and distorted guitar makes it a marvel. 6. Ohio Blodbuzz : Another wonderful as Afraid Of Everyone , but much brighter and epic. Again, the percussion and distorted guitar gain prominence, along with effective piano melody and the help of a set of wind. The 2nd best song on the album, is very close to Afraid Of Everyone . 7. Lemonworld : it is not the best of the album, but is salvageable. Quiet, dark theme in Matt Berninger sings in that tone which some find so tedious. Serves as a hinge between the 2 outstanding issues above and the no less brilliant 3 below. 8. Runaway : quiet but epic theme, minimalist, beautiful, melnacólico, emotional, slashing the adjective undoubtedly great. When it enters its final burst of wind set is spectacular. Matt Berninger demonstrates here his voice on issues emotional given a special plus. 9. Conversation 16 : Runaway after the thing or rather encouraged by the window seems to go much more light. Another great subject on which evidence a spectacular job in battery Bryan Devendorf, and that a great conjunction of atmospheric sound of the organ, background vocal harmonies and those guitars are distorted the tone of the album make it a awesome cut. 10. England: Following the epic tone and quiet Runaway , this issue takes us mentally and evokes a journey through some notes for violin and piano, distorted guitar to later give a solemn epic tone but also with all the winds. Frankly beautiful, with a spectacular finale. 11. Crybaby Geeks Vanderlyle : sorry, but for me to end this great album with this " nana" is a mistake and more seeing that England was a perfect ending. It is not a minor matter, even the vocal work is outstanding and to acknowledge and accept that is a nice theme, but it is not my cup of tea, lastly matter of taste.
