Arcade Fire's Win Butler Gives First Interview Ahead Of 'Reflektor' Release
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Written by Elliott Batte
Win Butler, frontman of band of the moment Arcade Fire, has given his first interview ahead of the release of the Canadian outfit's new album ‘Reflektor’, revealing that he thinks fans will be ‘really surprised’ by what they hear.
The promotion mission behind the band’s latest record is well underway, following the recent worldwide 9/9/9 guerilla graffiti poster campaign and cryptic Instagram posts alluding to the album, out October 29.
At 9pm, September 9, the band performed an intimate gig in their hometown of Montreal, Quebec, launching the lead and title track (which features the legendary David Bowie) of the new record and its new interactive video. Now Butler has given the band’s first interview.
Yesterday, we reported that the record would be a double album. Explaining further, the singer told BBC Radio 1’s Zane Lowe:
“I think in Connecticut we were playing maybe 50 or 60 songs, like we literally played 60 songs while we were there and then kind of slowly refined it. It's longer than [2010 album] 'The Suburbs' – it's a double record – mostly down to the fact that the songs are a lot longer.
“I mean, 'Reflektor' is seven-and-a-half, there's another couple of seven-minute songs on the record and so it made more sense to stretch it out to two records with two distinct sides. It's more of a classic double LP vibe where you have to flip the side and it takes you to a different place.”
Lowe then asked the star whether he thought the band had reached a point where they could do or create whatever they wanted. Butler replied:
“That's always been our goal. I never wanted to be in a band that couldn't play whatever music we wanted to and I think that every record has been a project itself and some of the stuff on this record is really going to surprise people – it's even more different than [the single] 'Reflektor', I would say.”
You can pre-order 'Reflektor' here. It’s been said that the band will tour the world in support of the release, so stick with Stereoboard to stay up-to-date on their plans!
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