Listen to this when
The Suburbs
for the neighborhood that raised you 🏘️
Who it's for
The title track of Arcade Fire's Grammy-winning album looks back on growing up in the suburbs and the wish to return to that time.
Wistful, a little sad→Reflective, accepting
Feelings it meets
What it is
"The Suburbs" is the opening title track of Arcade Fire's third album, The Suburbs, released in August 2010; the album won the 2011 Grammy for Album of the Year. The album's lyrics draw on Win and William Butler's upbringing in The Woodlands, a Houston suburb, and Win Butler described it as neither a love letter to nor an indictment of the suburbs but a letter from them.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Age: All ages
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Joy and Sorrow”
