And everything intensifies, music turns into motion and the soul transmutes it into emotion, the simplicity of the motif from Song on the Beach turns into a sudden yet subtle burst of beautiful sounds, nostalgia becomes melancholy and melancholy turns into sadness, one note at the time.
Sometimes beauty is nostalgic or maybe sometimes nostalgia is beautiful, this song is a perfect example of such. The delicate softness of a piano motif that fits a very personal mood, a mood that permeates the movie for which this music was created in a very deep way.
For their first new material since 2013’s Reflektor, indie art collective Arcade Fire recruit legendary gospel singer Mavis Staples to present a clear and simple warning to our leaders: I give you power and I can take it away. This is not a threat, Mr Trump. it’s a promise.