Arcade firethat has kept a low profile since several Accusations of sexual misunderstanding were leveled against Frontman Win Butler 2022 will return on May 9 with its seventh studio album, “Pink Elephant”, released on Columbia Records. The 10-track album is preceded by the single and video “The Year of the Snake”, embedded below.
Consisting of 10 new songs “By Cinematic Mystical Punk”, according to the announcement, the album was produced by Butler, his wife and bandmate Régine Chassagne and Daniel Lanois (U2, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris) and was recorded at the band’s Good News Recording Stud.
While the announcement says that the term “pink elephant” refers to “the paradoxical effect where the effort to suppress a thought means that it is impossible to avoid”, it does not mention that the term is also an OLD-School reference to alcoholism-induced hallucinations.
The song refers to 2025 as the snake’s lunar year, “which represents a time for renewal, positive transformation and new beginning,” and the video prominent, Butler and Chassne Gara, Tim Kingsbury and Richard Richard and Richard and Richard Richard and Richard and Richard Reed Parry, and Briefly Visiting with Willing Nels
The release is also accompanied by the band’s “Circle of Trust” app, which includes Arcade Fire News, music, videos, early access to tickets, exclusive merch and the premiere episode of “Santa Pirata Radio”, where the band speaks directly to the fans. It also includes the exclusive edition of the track “Cars and Telepor” and its associated video. According to the announcement, this previously unreleased track was the composition that Butler ever played for chassis.
The new edition seems to reflect a comprehensive effort to proceed from the 2022 charges, for which Butler apologies while claiming that the five relationships were consensus.
In the coming days, Arcade Fire will announce special gigs in selected cities where the band will perform the new album in its entirety before it is released.
“Pink Elephant” Tracklist:
1. Open your heart or die attempt
2. Pink elephant
3. The year of the snake
4. Circle of trust
5. Alien nation
6. In addition to salvation
7. Ride or die
8. I love her shadow
9. She cries diamond rain
10. Hold my head
