ARCADE FIRE - Funeral WALTER EGAN the closing of one songwriting

the closing of one songwriting chapter and the start of another

Gary Hughes’ self-titled solo debut

- The Observer

He speaks of the people with whom he made it as a new musical family

we ended up playing it in every set

ARCADE FIRE - Funeral WALTER EGAN the closing of one songwritingLP Vinyl The Arcade Fire coalesced in Montreal, Quebec, and recorded their debut album Funeral during one of that citys arduous winters. It is a truly eccentric rock record: bizarre at turns and recognizable elsewhere, equally beautiful and harrowing, theatrical and sincere. At times, the albums total disregard of formula and expectation is positively thrilling. its like a higher pitched David Byrne fronting Echo and the Bunnymen, the first two Roxy