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Arcade Fire's High Dive into the Big Emptyby J. Edward Keyes
Let's briefly extend the benefit of the doubt and assume that, when Arcade Fire decided to name their third record The Suburbs, they were in on the joke. For decades, the suburbs have been synonymous with refuge: a lack of danger, the reassurance of repetition, and a consistent kowtowing to the relentless homogeneity of the middle. They are where you go for the comfort of the familiar, and where the rewards are satisfying because they are predictable.
Which, if you were being unkind, are all things you could say about Arcade Fire. That, in ...»
Which, if you were being unkind, are all things you could say about Arcade Fire. That, in ...»
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