Arcade Fire (EP)
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| EP by Arcade Fire | ||||
| Released | 2003 | |||
| Recorded | Summer 2002, Maine | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 32:47 | |||
| Label | self-released (2003), Merge (2005) | |||
| Producer |
Richard Parry Win Butler Régine Chassagne |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    |
| Kludge | 8/10 |
| Pitchfork Media | 6.8/10 |
| Sputnikmusic | |
| Stylus Magazine | B+ |
Arcade Fire (known unofficially as Us Kids Know) is a self-titled extended play (EP) by the indie rock band Arcade Fire. The EP was recorded in Maine, United States, during the summer of 2002.Arcade Fire was remastered and repackaged for its 2005 re-release by Merge Records for fans after they had "grown obsessed" with the band's debut album, Funeral. It was initially released in 2003 by the band at their shows and website, and then re-released in 2005 by Merge. It received positive reviews from music critics, although some of them noted that it was inferior to their debut album Funeral. Lyrical themes of Arcade Fire consist of parents, suburbia, new love, dread, and drama. The EP's third track, "No Cars Go", was re-recorded for Arcade Fire's second full-length album, Neon Bible. No Cars Go has been played at the majority of live shows since the EP release. Arcade Fire have also played other songs from the EP, live on every tour since. However it has become less frequent. On their most recent tour, for Reflektor, they notably performed Headlights Look Like Diamonds.
In the summer of 2002, Arcade Fire briefly went to Maine to record the EP, since frontman Win Butler's parents had recently moved there after his father got a land conservatory job. The following year, the band self-released the EP on their website and at their shows. Arcade Fire then met with record labels like Alien8, Absolutely Kosher, and Merge Records to release their debut album Funeral. The band eventually signed with Merge since frontman Win Butler liked bands such as Magnetic Fields and Neutral Milk Hotel who had previously signed with them. Butler said he felt really comfortable with Merge, but denied that there was an "indie label bidding war". In 2004, Merge started to release the EP through their website, "in an attempt to sate the demand of an audience that had quickly grown obsessed with" Funeral, according to Pitchfork Media. The next year, Merge remastered and repackaged the EP for stores.
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