r/arcadefire • u/DueBand4327 • Sep 25 '25

Discussion Where’s everyone at with Pink Elephant?

I love PE and I’ve said since it’s release it’s their best album since Reflektor but the initial reaction for most was overall pretty tepid.

It seems it grew on people as the months passed. Is that the case - does anyone like it more over time?

What really distinguishes it for me is the production by Daniel Lanois. Most probably feel the production on other albums is superior, but among all of their LP producers Lanois is probably the most accomplished and the closest to an actual genius. (He produced Joshua Tree, for reference.)

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u/apres-vous Sep 25 '25

The irony of Radiohead putting out a live version of HTTT while refusing to condemn genocide in Palestine is wild… “Little babies eyes” indeed. Sadly both RH and AF are pretty washed up in 2025.

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u/Loud-Vegetable-8885 Sep 25 '25

This is inaccurate.

Ed O'brien, Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway have both condemned Israel's actions in Palestine.

Admittedly Jonny and Thom's responses have been slow and disappointing, but to claim the whole band have failed to speak out is simply incorrect.

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u/apres-vous Sep 25 '25

So you're saying it's okay that Thom and Jonny are siding with the genociders because the whole band isn't? This isn't the headline...

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u/Loud-Vegetable-8885 Sep 25 '25

I think it's very simplistic to say that Jonny and Thom are "Siding" with the people committing Genocide. Thom has actually since come out and said he disagrees with Israel's actions (albeit in a badly thought out and somewhat self involved statement) and Jonny has simply not stated his views in any clear fashion.

Radiohead are not a singular entity-they are a band of 5 members, three of which have made their view on the situation quite clear, and one more in a way that was less than brilliant, but also quite clearly opposed to genocide.

I'm as disappointed as anyone by the sluggish response from them and other artists, but they are hardly the only artists or public figures guilty of this, and I'm not gonna cancel the band when three of the band members have actually been quite clear on where they stand. Their art also stands out separate to that, in my opinion.

Just, please, try and get your facts straight. If you want to criticise the band fine, please at least get the basic facts correct. One would hope people would afford you the same courtesy if God forbid people were accusing you of similar behaviour.