“It sounds like Arcade Fire,” my colleague wrote.
This makes beautiful sense. Springsteen has publicly embraced the Montreal-based band as the heir apparent to his own E Street Band. Arcade Fire is a classic rock band whose members grew up in the 1980s; they understand that synth-pop can rouse a crowd, too. The Arcade Fire sound resolves the contradictions that kept Boss fans and New Wavers apart in the 1980s.
—Ann Powers, via ‘We Take Care Of Our Own’: Springsteen New Wave Of Social Protest
Yeaaaaaaaah! The new single sounds pretty sweet!
