Arcade Fire front-man Win Butler has told fans that the band will never join the digital revolution of music, and will forever remain an ‘album band’ – in the face of the recent supremacy of iTunes and electronic single releases.
In a statement to the Scotsman newspaper, the singer said "I've been moved by albums a lot more than I've been moved by singles. We're an album band. I'm not going to stop making albums because of some fad of digital distribution."
"The idea that you just have to make bad cheap stuff and sell it cheaply because the format changes, to me, is crazy. It's more important than ever to me to have the artwork and the recording be as great as they can be."
In a move that will greatly please keep-the-faith music purists, the band may hinder their own finance - but Butler seems to have no qualms over the risks of avoiding the uprising sales of digital single releases, and light-heartedly admitted "Unless we develop major drug problems, we won't license 'Keep the Car Running' for car commercials. We have our own little aesthetic rules." This is in relation to the amount of bands using advertisement as an alternative source of cash.
The band are still continuing strong, recently completing their sell-out ‘The Suburbs’ album tour of the UK, and are booked to play the Benicassim Festival in Spain next year.
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