Arcade Fire

Following the universally acclaimed reception to singles “The Lightning I, II” and “Unconditional I (Lookout Kid),” Arcade Fire's “excellent sixth album” ...

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Arcade Fire released a new album, WE, just a couple days ago, and last night they were the musical guests on Saturday Night Live.

Wade. Win Butler’s guitar also said “1973,” as well as “Call Your Mom” in honor of Mother’s Day. Watch that in the full episode stream here. They did two tracks from WE, “Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)” and “The Lightning I, II.” Watch Arcade Fire Perform WE Songs On SNL

Meanwhile, Unconditional II (Race and Religion), featuring a low-key Peter Gabriel guest spot, combines a Régine Chassagne vocal with 80s synthpop backing to ...

The Lightning I, II has a sublime gear change midway through and suddenly echoes the motorik Springsteenisms of the War on Drugs, all shot through with the air of euphoria that defined Arcade Fire’s early records. From seemingly being on the brink of U2-esque stadium success with 2010’s Grammy-winning The Suburbs, Arcade Fire rather lost their way with their next two albums. The Bowie-indebted, James Murphy-produced Reflektor was overlong and bloated.

In what will go down as the standout performances of SNL Season 47, Win Butler and co. treated the late-night crowd to not one, not two, not three, but four ...

Later, during the episode’s closing credit, host Benedict Cumberbatch and the show’s cast wore T-shirts reading “1973,” in reference to the year the Supreme Court initially ruled in favor of Roe vs. Throughout the episode, SNL made several references to the Supreme Court’s apparent decision to end Roe vs. In what will go down as the standout performances of SNL Season 47, Win Butler and co.

The band, who just released their sixth album 'We' also performed 'Unconditional (The Lookout Kid)' on the late-night show.

Arcade Fire’s recent performance on Saturday Night Live makes for the fifth one of the band’s lifetime following performances in 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2018. Next came “ The Lightning I, II” in which the band gave a passionate performance of to close the night. We is the band’s first album since 2017’s Everything Now, but it’s also the group’s first project without their longtime multi-instrumentalist Will Butler, who departed the band at the end of 2021 just after We was completed.