A church theme abounds — 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’s songs feature pipe organs.
“There’s definitely a sense of church in the record,” said Kingsbury. “The album you can kind of take from it what you like, really.”
Added Gara: “Us 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’d be amazing. It’s meant to be a place of community and of that special something that is intangible — spirituality, openness — and you’re 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.”
Just listened to the album. It’s a great album, not a masterpiece perhaps like ‘Funeral’ but great nevertheless.
What are your thoughts on any faith based parts of the album. I listened to it as well.
Reminds me of The Trinity Sessions by Cowboy Junkies. It too was recorded in a church, for which the album is named, & has a very “churchy” & meditative feel. There is a feeling, when I listen to that album, that the surroundings dictated the sound & was, in effect, another member of the band. As Gara points out in the article, it’s an “intangible” sort of feeling & that permeates Trinity Sessions, too, but there’s a warmth & fuzz about the work that is so rare; it’s as if the album was recorded in a giant, old-fashioned tube amp. It’s part of what makes it so classic & timeless. I recall that it took me a long time to begin to like Cowboy Junkies second album, Caution Horses, because the feeling was so different. (But I eventually did! )
Now I’m very curious about Arcade Fire. I’ve never heard them!
Strange, Mr. Poland says that Lake of Fire played on Saturday to a “full house.” But it wasn’t a full house. In fact, it was one of the lowest-attended S.I.F.F. screenings I’ve seen in a few years.
I guess the punctuation confused you both. I wrote ” to a third full house” One third full.