the arcade fire, "arcade fire"

[rone]

Their debut EP manages to be wildly uneven with only seven tracks.  It features "No Cars Go", which was re-recorded for Neon Bible, and boy did it need it, because the original version features a drummer who runs late on about half the measures.  "The Woodlands National Anthem" is a terrible song, and there seems to be something about indie bands that are fronted by a husband and wife where the wife must be a horrible singer (see Sonic Youth for another example).  "Headlights Look Like Diamonds" is the standout track of this disc.  The EP was apparently engineered by someone with a massive hangover; the music sounds like it was played in a high school classroom.  I would only recommend this to major TAF fans.

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[dpk.livejournal.com]

I think it's simply that the labels don't much care exactly how good a band will be, since it's not as though labels pay bands much (net) for their music, and the label can keep the musicians in debt indefinitely until they are good.