Ready to Start - Arcade Fire (single) - Reviewed
July 8th 2010 14:12
Ready to Start is the first official US/Australian single from Montreal seven piece Arcade Fire’s soon to be released third album, The Suburbs. If you’re an internet nerd or an Arcade Fire groupie worth your salt you’d have listened to four of the tracks from the album already, they’ve leaked. If you haven’t, they’re relatively easy to access.
Back to the song actually released by the band, then. Ready to Start is just about as rocky as the Canadians get. A thumping, constant drum beat, spacey guitars, heavy bass and gentle piano betrays the dark lyrical content. The song is heavy and atmospheric from the get-go, yet still has this unique ability to rise in tempo throughout. It ends with a sizzling crescendo complete with the spine tingling instrumental interplay fans of the band come to expect.
Front man and founder, Win Butler’s vocals almost takes a backseat as the instruments dominate attention, but his melodic voice becomes more prominent as the song increases in both depth and tempo. Despite Butler’s vocals taking a passive role, the dark, mysterious lyrical content remains at the forefront throughout.
With lines like: “All the kids have always known, that the emperor wears no clothes, but they bow down to him anway, because it’s better than being alone”, Butler questions the status quo and looks to the future, but not always with a positive outlook.
Arcade Fire fans won’t have to have many listens before they warm to this track.
Adam
Back to the song actually released by the band, then. Ready to Start is just about as rocky as the Canadians get. A thumping, constant drum beat, spacey guitars, heavy bass and gentle piano betrays the dark lyrical content. The song is heavy and atmospheric from the get-go, yet still has this unique ability to rise in tempo throughout. It ends with a sizzling crescendo complete with the spine tingling instrumental interplay fans of the band come to expect.
Front man and founder, Win Butler’s vocals almost takes a backseat as the instruments dominate attention, but his melodic voice becomes more prominent as the song increases in both depth and tempo. Despite Butler’s vocals taking a passive role, the dark, mysterious lyrical content remains at the forefront throughout.
With lines like: “All the kids have always known, that the emperor wears no clothes, but they bow down to him anway, because it’s better than being alone”, Butler questions the status quo and looks to the future, but not always with a positive outlook.
Arcade Fire fans won’t have to have many listens before they warm to this track.
Adam
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