Listen to new Arcade Fire singles – ‘Ready to Start’ / ‘We Used to Wait’

The North American and UK singles from Arcade Fire’s upcoming The Suburbs album were both debuted today. ‘Ready to Start’ was played on U.S radio earlier while ‘We Used To Wait’ was debuted by Zaney Lowe on BBC Radio 1 tonight. ‘Ready To Start’ sounds like an album opener with a resolute message albeit buried amongst the murky downcast arrangements that characterised Neon Bible’s reoccurring ocean/sea motifs.That’s the U.S single.

Arcade Fire – ‘Ready To Start’

We Used to Wait’ is the UK single and a bit more radio-friendly (it doesn’t really matter either way really does it?). It’s built on a piano staccato hammer and has elements of electronics and possibly, electric bass in the track. I’m reserving judgement on these tracks as I really don’t know if I like them or not. Do you?

Arcade Fire – ‘We Used to Wait For it’

Hey, before you go...

Nialler9 has been covering new music, new artists and gigs for the last 19 years. If you like the article you just read, and want us to publish more just like it, please consider supporting us on Patreon.

What you get as thanks in return...

A weekly Spotify playlist only for patrons.
Access to our private Nialler9 Discord community.
Ad-free and bonus podcast episodes.
Guestlist & discounts to Nialler9 & Lumo Club events.
Themed playlists only for subscribers.

Your support enables us to continue to publish articles like this one, make podcasts and provide recommendations and news to our readers, and be a key part of the music community in Ireland and abroad.

The Nialler9 Newsletter

Get music news, features and new music into your inbox twice a week.

Please wait...

Thank you for sign up!

Artists

Arcade Fire

Niall Byrne

Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.