#2 Funeral

I was introduced to this album by Nick who was working on the set of a film production at the time. He was talking to some people at work about The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me and the circumstances surrounding its creation (lots of people the band knew kept dying) and apparently Funeral has a similar backstory.

The first thing I noticed about it was the cover, because I am lazy, the first thing I judge an album by is its aesthetic and The Arcade Fire had done well on first glance. But this may have been due to its resemblance of the superlative In The Aeroplane Over The Sea. My first listen was a little stilted as I was being shown the album, it is kinda awkward when one person is trying to show another person how awesome an album is by sitting over them listening to it. I try not to do that anymore, I simply hand them a cd and say “Enjoy!”. I didn’t dislike the album at first but I was not as in love with it as I soon would be.

Later that evening I was off to see The National play and while we were waiting for the main act to come on, the venue played Crown Of Love in the background and I was struggling to remember where I had heard this really good song before. I did work it out and resolved to give Funeral a proper listen.

It is really really really really really really good.

Although to be fair, any album with piano, strings and these sort of sounds is going to sit pretty well with me. And it should with you too. I can’t really name a song I don’t love but I do have some favourites! Neighborhood #2, Wake Up, Crown Of Love and Rebellion (Lies). As trite as it sounds, I recommend this album to anyone who likes music.

Also: Trailer!

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