Arcade Fire “The Suburbs”
Standouts - “Suburban War,” “The Suburbs”

Arcade Fire have always set the bar high for themselves, while creating powerful, though-provoking albums. On the highly-anticipated third album from Win Butler and crew, the group sounds angrier and louder than ever as they nostalgically rail against suburban life. Instead of focusing on writing another “Wake Up” the group spent more time creating an atmosphere, with the result being a wonderful follow-up to 2007’s “Neon Bible.” Pulling out all of iTunes age tricks, the album has been released on special edition vinyl and the CD was released with eight collectible covers.