Stream: Arcade Fire: "Black Mirror"

"Black Mirror", the first single from the forthcoming Neon Bible is streaming from the Arcade Fire website RIGHT NOW. It's in the "Win's Scrapbook" section of the site.

So what are you doing reading this? Go listen!

The stream is kinda muddy, but you still get a pretty good idea of the song's simmering, distant-thunder undercurrent and strings that climb and descend like a storm on the horizon. A few scraps of lyrics can be made out, including Win's (and then Regine's) repetition of "Their names are never spoken / That curse is never broken" and "Mirror, mirror on the wall / Show me where their bombs will fall".

And check out that new photo posted with the song! Combined with that new press shot and the image accompanying "Intervention" on iTunes, looks like our Canadian buddies have gone goth. [MORE...]

Stream: Arcade Fire: Black Mirror [from the forthcoming Neon Bible LP]

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