Bringing you another Canadian indie band. Their name is Arcade Fire. This band is an indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec. I am going to Montreal over April vacation, and I hope to see them. This band consists of instruments such as guitar, drums, bass guitar, trumpet, piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, xylophone, glockenspiel, keyboard, French horn, accordion, harp, mandolin, and hurdy-gurdy. All these instruments combined is said to be baroque pop.
They formed in 2001 and released their first major album in 2004, Funeral. The album Funeral, had an abstract message, we are all in this together. There were many disputes in the band prior to this album, and they got over it, and created that album. Their new album The Suburbs, released in 2011, won the Polaris Music Prize. This album, The Suburbs, really sticks out to me. They talk about their boring days and useless days when they were teens, growing up in the Canadian suburbs. I can relate to this because I have lived in this small town of Holliston for so long. I grew up living in the city, in Boston. When I was 10 I moved to Holliston, and my life became gradually more boring over the years. They all grew up in small, Canadian towns, and they made an album about it. I listen to this on boring weekends, when I am waiting for something, wanting something, or waiting for something fun to happen in Holliston.
I also really enjoy this album because I play the cello, guitar, bass guitar, and trumpet. All of these instruments play an extensive part in this album. I often listen to the music, with my instruments beside me, and I try to make out which notes to play.
This band is great, they are earthy, funny, and calm. They try tour as much as possible, and interact greatly with their fans. They also have many songs in french. I fully understand their french songs since I am in the French Immersion program. This tests my french skills, and I love it. Listening to songs in another language is like magic, something that one is not used to, something different.
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This is written pretty good. You added a few extra commas in there; for example "I often listen to the music, with my instruments beside me..." You're really lucky you know another language well enough to understand the lyrics to another song like that. I've heard a few of Arcade Fire's song, they're pretty good, I gotta check them out some more.
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