“On their third LP, Arcade Fire prove they can make grand statements without sounding like they're carrying the weight of the world.”
“On Arcade Fire's latest album, they take the most ambitious and immediate elements of their previous albums, and feed them into americana-style songwriting.”
“When you call your first album Funeral, you set the bar high in terms of your maturity level. How can any young band evolve toward that full-grown third album after starting out with a meditation on death and grief? It’s no problem for Arcade Fire — these Montreal indie rockers are not shy about gunning […]”