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The Arcade Fire: Neon Bible (2007)
BY: Travis Scott |
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One of my former youth group students turned me onto this album and band and I’m so glad he did. This is one of those albums that just grows on you and gets better each time you listen to it. By my third time through I was completely hooked and still keep it on regular rotation. Neon Bible is Arcade Fire’s follow up to the 2004 LP Funeral, and boasts a richly textured sound with a wide range of instrumentation. Another strong feature of the album is its thoughtful and often haunting lyrics. On Neon Bible the band wrestles with questions of faith, doubt, fear, longing and loss. In “Windowsill” the band rejects the fragmentation and rampant materialism of Western culture while simultaneously lamenting how much of it they have imbibed. “My Body is a Cage” closes the album with a painful longing for the redemption of body and soul from an age that calls darkness light, and where life is a hollow play on a stage of fear and self-doubt. From beginning to end this album is a profound piece of art.
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Travis Scott
Travis is a graduate of of Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO. He enjoys spending time with his beautiful wife and daughter. When he's not doing that he likes to spend time sitting in cafes pretending to be productive while drinking way too much coffee. He is a church planter in Auckland, New Zealand and also teaches practical theology at Grace Theological College. He's happy that Denis still lists him as a contributing editor for Critique even though he hasn't contributed much lately. His random musings on life can be found at: www.transpacificism.blogspot.com.
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On my desk is a little vase of flowers cut from our yard, a little reminder of the beauty that is all around if we only have eyes to see. I've needed that reminder after reading the latest news of the horrific oil spill in the Gulf. Such glory in this world, such brokenness. Such hope, such deep need for redemption. These are the realities of life and death we seek to explore on this web site. Thank you for visiting.
Denis & Margie
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