"The Suburbs"/"Month of May" is a single from
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire is a Canadian indie rock band, consisting of husband and wife Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, alongside Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Jeremy Gara. The band's current touring line-up also includes former core member ...
's third album ''
The Suburbs
''The Suburbs'' is the third studio album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire, released on August 2, 2010. Coinciding with its announcement, the band released a limited edition 12-inch single containing the title track and "Month of May". ''. It was released on June 1, 2010. It reached number 94 on the
Canadian Hot 100.
Music video
A music video was made for the single and was uploaded to YouTube on November 22, 2010. The video is a shortened version of the short film ''Scenes from the Suburbs'', directed by
Spike Jonze and inspired by the album itself.
In February 2011, music video blog Yes, We've Got a Video! ranked the song's music video at number 7 in their top 30 videos of 2010. The video was praised as "a twisted, haunting view of the insecurities, frustrations and fear that can come with seemingly innocent suburban life."
Track listing
Charts
References
External links
Official website
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2010 singles
Arcade Fire songs
Music videos directed by Spike Jonze