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Arcade Fire\u2019s Neon Bible <\/em>is the album with the most buzz this month. And they\u2019ve earned that hype. There are a lot of reasons I\u2019m curious about Neon Bible<\/em>, and here\u2019s one of them<\/a>\u2026<\/div>\n

A church theme abounds \u2014 not surprising given where it was recorded. The band played many of their warmup gigs in their church-turned studio last month, and some of the album\u2019s songs feature pipe organs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s definitely a sense of church in the record,\u201d said Kingsbury. \u201cThe album you can kind of take from it what you like, really.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Added Gara: \u201cUs recording in a church, we had an idea for the pipe organ before that even happened. But Win and Regine, when I first met them, were always talking about if we could ever live in a church that\u2019d be amazing. It\u2019s meant to be a place of community and of that special something that is intangible \u2014 spirituality, openness \u2014 and you\u2019re really just supposed to feel things, whether it be music, whether it be performance or your faith. I mean, it definitely penetrated the sound of the album.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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