between the click of the light and the start of the dream

At long last, the resurrection of The Local Black & Red, and the permanent barial of the 2002 archives. No one cares about thinly veiled prom whining and Kitchener punk shows I went to in highschool. If you do, I suggest you find more productive uses of your time.

The Arcade Fire's debut full-length album, Funeral, will be released September 14th on Merge Records. I am pretty horrible at describing them; the best I've ever done is to compare their music to the sound of a small-town romantic dropped into the middle of the urban jungle and then recorded at various levels of medication. Or, their Exclaim cover story says:

They harness a larger-than-life sound into five-minute pop symphonies filled with crashing crescendos, new wave dance beats, folk simplicity and operatic grandeur, all delivered with cathartic aggression and delicate tenderness.

Whatever.

Two MP3s from the new album are available for a limited time at Said The Gramophone and another two at Teaching The Indie Kids To Dance Again. Merge is attempting to make another three tracks available for streaming, but they don't really work. You can also download three songs from their debut EP from the band's official website, which you should not browse the remainder of if you have an irrational fear of moths.

The Arcade Fire play Clark Hall Pub in Kingston on Wednesday, September 29th. You will wet your pants — metaphorically speaking.

*The Arcade Fire, "No Cars Go"