i found the connector

when i first heard arcade fire's new album reflektor, all i could think of was what the hell happened to them?

it was a move so far off from themselves that it really wasn't an arcade fire album anymore. i don't even know what it was.

it just seemed that they were trying too hard to sound avant-garde, trying to be special and ended up sounding like rubbish.

i tried my best to like this new arcade fire. i listened to the album once, twice, three times and i gave up. i couldn't do it.

then one day i came across one of their new live performances on youtube. always keen on giving them a chance, i watched it.

and i finally understood.

this IS arcade fire. they weren't trying too hard. if anything, they were actually sedating themselves in the past.

this album is the explosion from all the build-up in their past work.

all this time they were pupating, waiting for their chance to burst forth as a splendid, sparkling butterfly and rain glitter upon the world.

this is what they were meant to be all along.