I like several of the songs individually, but taken as a whole this album is kind of a slog to get through for me.

10/30/2013 10:06:22 AM

I'd give it a solid B

Quote :

"Yeah, wow. It's Never Over (Hey Orpheus) might be their best song ever."

probably a bit of a stretch

10/30/2013 10:45:11 AM

Maybe, but It's Never Over --> Porno --> Afterlife is an amazing 3 song run.

10/30/2013 12:56:54 PM

Quote :

"I like several of the songs individually, but taken as a whole this album is kind of a slog to get through for me."

I agree. I like it a little more after 4-5 listens than I did at first but I don't see this as an album I'll go back to frequently.

[Edited on October 30, 2013 at 1:02 PM. Reason : We Exist is definitely my favorite song on it]

10/30/2013 1:01:13 PM

a few fantastic songs (reflektor, we exist, joan of arc, afterlife) and a lot of really good songs (awful sound>it's never over is quite a one-two punch).

removing normal person (awful), here comes the night time II (boring), and the last 5 minutes of supersymmetry (superunnecessary) would make this a much more fluid end to end album.

still love 'em and can't wait to see them on tour for this record.

10/30/2013 6:51:54 PM

so there's a hidden song on here somewhere?

10/30/2013 8:48:11 PM

Before the first song on the CD. You've got to rewind it past 0:00.

10/30/2013 9:00:44 PM

I'm going to give it a few more listens, but I thought it was pretty terrible.

11/1/2013 10:39:24 AM

hmm, I bought mine on iTunes

11/1/2013 11:21:14 AM

I haven't given it a dedicated listen--just background music while I clean today. But this morning my son was bobbing around to it

11/1/2013 2:54:24 PM

Play the regular Supersymmetry at the same time as this: https://soundcloud.com/taylor-phillips-18/supersymmetry-backwards

11/1/2013 7:50:39 PM

here are the forwards and backwards versions together. sounds way better.

http://thequizmasters.tumblr.com/post/65710746811/read-that-you-should-play-supersymmetry-backwards

11/2/2013 7:34:13 PM

"you already know" has emerged as my favorite song on the album. can not wait to see this live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8rgyyTEGnU

11/2/2013 8:33:36 PM

TOUR DATES
http://arcadefire.com/live/

likely will try to hit the atlanta and/or DC shows. disappointed in no NC appearances, but i guess they didn't for the suburbs tour either.

11/14/2013 7:33:50 PM

no idea if it's in the works or not, but it is entirely possible that they will be here for Merge's 25th anniversary next summer

11/14/2013 8:18:45 PM

Wow I wasn't really expecting to be waiting 9 months to see them. Not being able to get tickets to the Brooklyn shows was brutal.

11/14/2013 8:24:31 PM

I can't imagine they won't do something for Merge XXV.

11/14/2013 10:35:47 PM

got floor tix for the DC show today.

11/19/2013 4:40:12 PM

There's a portion of Afterlife at the beginning of the song and at the end of the bridge where the background singers sing, "ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh."

It reminds me of some '90s song that I can't recall. Can anyone help with this? Thanks.

4/13/2014 3:39:11 PM