I was (as usual with hype releases) a little late coming to Arcade Fire’s most recent album The Suburbs, but it’s proven just as engaging and loveable as their previous albums.
Especially rocking is album track Modern Man, which has shades of Springsteen to it and a wonderful, offbeat riff. It’s night-driving music.
In fact, such is my love for the kind of restless enthusiasm of the track that I now believe it represents a genre I call ‘Lifestyle Rock’, other examples of which include Dancing In The Dark and I Drove All Night. It’s fist-pumping, in a man-against-the-world kinda way.
Please note Lifestyle Rock differs from Inspirational Rock, which is used as the soundtrack to sports movies’ trophy-lifting scenes and training montages. Totally different thing.
