2007 destines to be a marvelous and exciting year for indie scenes. In January, The Shins‘ Wincing The Night Away debuted at No.2 on the Billboard 200, and now we have another phenomenon.
Eagerly anticipated sophomore album, Neon Bible, from this Montreal-based new hot sensation, Arcade Fire, just likewise embraced an amazing No.2 on Billboard, for 92,000 copies moved in its first week. It seems their international tours and live gigs pulled a massive growth of huge devotees over the world. Even the Weekly Top Chart of Last.fm is overwhelmingly taken over by this 7-piece band. Awesome!
Neon Bible comes in standard edition and special edition. The later contains one cardboard box with 3D cover art (a neon bible, of course), a booklet with lyrics (context arranged as Bible, you will know what I mean) and 2 flip books designed by the band. Compared to their 2004/2005 debut The Funeral wrapped in only paper case (not saying the quality is not good though), this is really extravagant to own. I think we probably should thank Mercury UK for its distribution. But, to support the indie label Merge Records, please purchase it here.
Related news can be found on Pitchfork and CMJ. To find out their promo tour schedule, please go here.
Check out their brilliant live performance of “Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)” on Later with Jools Holland (BBC).
