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The Alternative-Rock band Arcade Fire was formed in Montreal, Quebec
CANADA, in mid-2003 by husband and wife, vocalist + guitarist Win Butler
and vocalist + accordionist Régine Chassagne.
Initially a quintet rounded out by bassist Tim Kingsbury, organist Richard
Reed Parry and Win's little brother Will Butler on synthesizer + drums,
the group soon recorded and self-produced their eponymous debut 7-track
EP which led to their signing with Merge Records.
Their first full-length disc, "Funeral", appeared in September
2004 and eventually crept up into the top 30 in their native Canada; it
also charted at #131 on The Billboard 200, south of the border and cracked
the top 40 on the other side of the Atlantic spawning the U.K. top 30
hit single "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)".
With violinist Sarah Neufeld and drummer Jeremy Gara, Arcade Fire toured
for more than a year, with high-profile slots at the Lollapalooza and
Coachella festivals and a sold-out run of headlining theater dates as
well as opening for such outstanding artists as David Bowie, David Byrne
and U2.
Their sophomore effort, "Neon Bible", was released in March
2007. The new album makes use of a pipe organ, the hurdy gurdy, a military
choir and a full Hungarian orchestra; it became a massive worldwide hit
reaching #1 in Canada, #2 in U.S. and U.K and #7 in Australia. The first
single, "Black Mirror", was announced in January 2007, "Keep
The Car Running" followed two months later, falling just shy of reaching
the top 30 of the U.S. Hot Modern Rock Tracks. The final single, "No
Cars Go", made a brief chart appearance on the U.K. Top 100.
Arcade Fire's new album, "The Suburbs", is set for release
on August 3, 2010. Written, arranged, performed and produced by the band,
it was recorded around Montreal and New York over the past two years.
The album's first single, which is also the title-track, was released
as a 12-inch single in late May 2010.
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