As album cuts, “Pink Elephant” and “Year of the Snake” would be considered “restrained.” As singles, Arcade Fire just sound repressed, in constant surveillance of their own instincts ...

While Arcade Fire haven’t said as much, you suspect that Pink Elephant, which the band made with Daniel Lanois, the U2 producer, is Butler’s “shame walk” album. It feels claustrophobic and ...

Arcade Fire - Pink Elephant ALBUM REVIEW ...

Indie rock band Arcade Fire made their sixth appearance on Saturday Night Live, performing songs from their newest studio album, Pink Elephant, which was released Friday. The Canadian quintet ...

“Take your mind off me,” pleads Win Butler on the title track of Arcade’s Fire seventh album, Pink Elephant. He wishes. With a tone of fragile hopelessness, Butler and his Canadian-US ensemble grind ...

Arcade Fire returned to Saturday Night Live on May 10 to perform new songs from their upcoming album. The forthcoming 10-track album was recorded at Butler and Chassagne’s Good News Recording ...

Arcade Fire released some of the best albums ... Take the title track, "Pink Elephant" (track two). Sonically, it’s reminiscent of the work on Neon Bible, but where that album's lyric soared ...

First up was ‘Pink Elephant’, which saw Win Butler and Régine Chassagne emerge from behind a pink curtain to sing the opening refrain alone, before the curtain drew to reveal the rest of the ...

Photo: Erika Goldring/Getty Images Pink Elephant steeps itself in themes ... of the stability of the family bond at the root of Arcade Fire, while the band activity minimizes chances that possible ...

Arcade Fire. Pink Elephant. Poignancy and positivity combine with perseverance on the Canadian indie rockers’ seventh album. The first single from it, Year Of The Snake, is a smooth, euphoric groove ...