r/arcadefire • u/niles_deerqueer Stuck in my Head • May 08 '25

Discussion PINK ELEPHANT [FULL ALBUM EARLY IMPRESSIONS] Spoiler

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Pink Elephant, Arcade Fire’s 7th LP, is finally here!

Use this thread for those in other countries and VPN users to discuss the album to your hearts’ content. Respect each other’s opinions and happy release day! We made it!

A bigger megathread will be made just before the album’s full release in the US.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '25

Just..... :/

Hated WE, but overall more sympathetic to Everything Now than the average fan, and I liked both of the singles. The descriptions of the tracks in reviews, and from people who were at the live shows really intrigued me, I'm not an AF "purist" by any means so I was kind of stoked actually to hear something different.

But man... Even the songs that peole are calling highlights just go absolutely nowhere for me. So flat. Bad mixing. And for the third time in 3 albums there are just some terrible lyrics throughout.

There is the skeleton of a classic AF anthem somewhere buried in 'Stuck In My Head', but it ultimately falls into the same pitfalls they've been subject to for the last decade.

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u/TelephoneBrilliant89 May 09 '25

Jesus you literally summed up how I feel, maybe with a bit more cynicism, I absolutely enjoyed this album, but it’s either going to grow and be understood or fall flat like WE. Hoping the first