Zack: At the risk of offending a whole mess of hipsters, Neon Bible is my favorite Arcade Fire album. I know Funeral is their classic first album and Suburbs is the trendy new thing, but I've always connected more with this one over the others. Something about the way the semi-overblown sound reverberates off my soul is just so capti.....okay never mind. I just re-read that and it's way too hipster for me to actually finish writing. Forget I ever mentioned it. This is a perfect example of what indie music should be about. It's self-produced but they don't let a desire to avoid selling out prevent them from releasing a good product. Plus, they're Canadian, which is psuedo-foreign. Hipster kids love foreign shit, after all.
Favorite Tracks: No Cars Go; Ocean of Noise; Neon Bible
Emily: Like many other hipster paradigms, indie music is generally known for low-quality production and general dislike from the masses, ironically or otherwise. Arcade Fire's second album shows that neither of these things need to be true. Neon Bible is self-produced, but they don't sacrifice production quality at all. The band creates a grand sound that's polished yet still emotional - all recorded in a church, no less. They even prominently feature an organ, reflecting their environment and adding to the grandiosity. Even more, this album debuted at #2 in the US. It's living proof that indie's not just for Urban Outfitters-wearing, bike-riding, organic-farming, pretentious hipster kids anymore.
Favorite Tracks: My Body is a Cage; Intervention; (Antichrist Television Blues)
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