in defense of neon bible

In response to the comment I had on my Arcade Fire posting from yesterday, I felt the need to sort of defend the album Neon Bible. It was a fantastic album that had the misfortune of following Funeral, one of the most lauded albums of the last decade. However, I would argue that while Arcade Fire's talents were presented in Funeral, they were confirmed in Neon Bible. Funeral presented listeners with a distinct, elegantly sublime sound, and Neon Bible's lofty, ecclesiastical contents continued in the same tradition. The album's sound is at times triumphant and jubilant, and at others, has the brooding, bittersweet sound of melancholia that forces you to pause in reflection. This, for me, has come to be Arcade Fire's signature- a sort of evocation of romantic gloom, sweet sadness, and pensive joy.

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