Video: Packaging Review: Arcade Fire - The Suburbs [2010]

Arcade Fire's third album The Suburbs is based on a concept of re-capturing a certain time/memory and coming to terms with where you are at now. Easily one of the best albums of 2010, the packaging is also up to par. Grainy photos of various suburban locations, vivid colors. It plays out like someone looking through an old photograph album. The textures and colors really add a maudlin feel, and it really evokes reflectiveness, and sometimes a sense of hopelessness. From a physical stand point, they went all out with this package. It comes in a mini LP/digipack [...]