Though Arcade Fire have always been comfortable making grand statements, they’ve also been generous with nuance. After joining forces with LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy on 2013’s Reflektor, the Canadian outfit bring in a similarly impressive crew of co-producers—Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter, Pulp’s Steve Mackey—for Everything Now, an album whose jaunty, disco-indebted art-rock is weighted with haunting takes on information overload (the ABBA-esque title track) and nostalgia (“Signs of Life”). “If you can’t see the forest for the trees, just burn it all down,” frontman Win Butler sings on “We Don’t Deserve Love,” a gorgeous yet disorienting ballad at the album’s conclusion. “And bring the ashes to me.”

加拿大独立摇滚乐团 Arcade Fire 于 2004 年携首张专辑《Funeral》登场面世。Win Butler 的声音破碎、脆弱、凶猛而又浪漫，他笔下的《Funeral》有着无数的含义，既是爱与死亡，孤独与聚合，又关乎全体人类的命运，带着寓言式的悲观情绪。无论是《Rebellion (Lies)》对梦境与死亡的探索，还是《Neighborhood 1 (Tunnels)》中唯美清冷的意境，都展现出他们别样的美学观念和艺术气息。