Spiritualized? I bought an album once, ‘cos all the critics went on about how great they were. Listened to it once, don’t even know where I put it. Dull, duller, dullest. Move along people, nothing happening here.
Arcade Fire, on the other hand, I first heard on 6Music years ago before Funeral came out, and they started my love affair with Canadian music. Certainly one of the most exciting live bands I’ve ever seen, at Ally Pally on the Neon Bible tour there was a full-on mosh pit going on. Neon Bible wasn’t as good as Funeral, certainly but The Suburbs is up there with Funeral. Can’t wait for their Hyde Park gig, which, funnily enough, has Mumford & Son as support. Anyone calling them crap or rubbish or whatever is just being a prat; if you want rubbish listen to an hour or so of Radio 1. Incessant autotuned clones indistinguishable from the previous hour’s programming. Go back to rehashing the past with your Spiritualized comfort blankets, I’ll carry on enjoying music that’s current and invigorating.
Doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy old stuff, I’ve got fifty years of music to fall back on, and forty years of gig going thank you, and more to look forward to.