Description

The second album from Montreals Arcade Fire exceeds all expectations. Neon Bible was written, produced, arranged, and performed by the Arcade Fire and recorded throughout 2006 in Quebec, New York, Budapest, and London with recording and engineering help from Markus Dravs (Bjork, Brian Eno) and Scott Colburn (Animal Collective, Sun City Girls). With string and orchestral arrangements by the bands own Owen Pallet (also Final Fantasy) and Regine Chassagne, Neon Bible is full of both punk inertia and meticulously orchestrated woodwinds. Processed strings and mandolin. Quiet rumbles and loud rumbles. It all adds up to a stellar reflection on modern times and the challenges, joys, and situations we all face.