There's no doubt about it that Arcade Fire's album The Suburbs is one of the best albums of the year. As I was listening to it, it seemed like track after track could be released as a successful single. Sprawl II which the band performed on SNL last week with it's shimmering, Blondie-esque feel and the hard driving Month of May are all great tracks, but album opener The Suburbs is the latest to get a music video. The band have teamed up with Spike Jonze, famous for directing Adaptation, Being John Malkovich, and the underrated Where the Wild Things Are, and the resulting video is a very realistic look at being a wistful teenager living in the suburbs...except the suburbs contain a dystopian oppressive military force. If you look closely, you can see Arcade Fire's lead singing husband and wife Win Butler and Regine Chassagne in a slight cameo.
