And, Love One Another Whereas the first two songs on Reflektor that engage ethics dealt with issues of social alienation, the final two tackle objectification. The shortest song on the album and, aside from “Supersymmetry” the most musically divergent, “Flashbulb… (READ MORE)
Then, Love Your Neighbor as Yourself Four tracks on Reflektor propose an approach to social ethics for a reflective age by way of critique. “We Exist” confronts us with our capacity to alienate people. Whether the categories are rich-poor, gay-straight,… (READ MORE)
The Orphean and Kierkegaardian threads that hold Reflektor together suggest positive trajectories toward a particular way of being, or an ethics. The Orpheus myth’s exploration of a love that endures beyond the grave implies a calling to pursue such depth… (READ MORE)
“Afterlife, Oh my God, what an awful word.” Indeed. This claim echoes a question at play throughout Reflektor. On the lead track, Butler’s Orpheus passes into the realm between the living and the dead and declares: “If this is heaven,… (READ MORE)
The release of a new Arcade Fire album means that it is time to blow the dust off the blog for some reflections – so to speak. Any band who wins a Grammy for Album of the Year immediately raises… (READ MORE)