City With No Children, by Arcade Fire.
The first appearance in this project of the third band the whole family agrees on, Arcade Fire. We’ve seen them live three times now, once with the kids, and they never disappoint.
The Suburbs is the album I take most personally — I remember hearing the first single (it was Month of May) in the middle of the afternoon as a non sequitur during some other show on NPR while I was driving back and forth to the hospital after our second child was born. And when they get to the kids out on their bikes after dark, I know which kids and which neighborhood I’m imagining.
This song is a banger, but there are a lot of bangers on this album. It was easy enough to play, although I’m starting to wonder if my wrist is sore because I’m playing guitar every day, or if my wrist is sore because I’ve been playing guitar every day except for a couple after I sprained it, like, 33 songs ago.
Added, um, some synths and stuff and the smashy drums. It’s all a muddy mess because I still don’t know how to record the rhythm guitar and vocal when I play loud.
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