Arcade Fire :: "Month of May" and "The Suburbs"

As we predicted with terrifying accuracy, Arcade Fire have returned with a new record, The Suburbs, set for release in early August. We've got the streaming player from the band so you can take a trip through the first two songs, "Month of May" and "The Suburbs". "Month of May" is a burner, full of down-stroke guitar and can-you-keep-up drums. "The Suburbs" is a slower mediatation, referencing the saloon piano tones of Ambulance LTD and The Walkmen. If Neon Bible found the band at war with souless faith, on The Suburbs, they've moved their conflict from the city and taken it back to your parent's garage.