Hefty doses of “Neon Bible” the awesome new album from the Arcade Fire. Molly, you’re right, I LOVELOVELOVE “Intervention” (damn, an organ entry gets me every time!), I also love “Windowsill”, love the lyrics of “Ocean of Noise” and oooo “The Well and the Lighthouse” I like that one too. The only track I’m feelin’ iffy about is “Antichrist Television Blues” which sounds a lot like Bruce Springsteen to moi.

I’m alternately listening to Neon Bible’s 11-songs with a one-song breather in the middle: “Communist Love Song” by Soltero (MP3 linked here), which is making me happy and breaking my heart at the same time (and ain’t that just the trademark of truly great songs). It starts out slow, but ends up all in a rush…

If you would stick up for me
In the face of great adversity,
Know that I would do the same,
Know we are the same.
If you would stick up for me,
Speak kindly and poetically,
You can be my personal
Ambassador to the world.
And if you’re ever less than certain,
I will be your Iron Curtain.
I will be your Berlin Wall,
And I will never fall.