Arcade Fire, who have kept a low profile since multiple sexual misconduct allegations were leveled against frontman Win Butler in 2022, will return on May 9th with their seventh studio album, “Pink Elephant,” released on Columbia Records. The 10-track album is preceded by the single and video “Year of the Snake,”
Comprising 10 new songs “of cinematic mystical punk,” according to the announcement, the album was produced by Butler, his wife and bandmate Régine Chassagne and Daniel Lanois (U2, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris) and was recorded at the band’s Good News Recording Studio in New Orleans.
While the announcement states that the term “pink elephant” refers to “that paradoxical effect where the effort to suppress a thought leads to it being impossible to avoid,” it does not mention that the term is also an old-school reference to alcoholism-induced hallucinations. The video prominently features Butler and Chassagne being affectionate and playfully romping around New Orleans during Mardis Gras and a Houston rodeo with Jeremy Gara, Tim Kingsbury and Richard Reed Parry, and briefly visiting with Willie Nelson at his Texas ranch.
Taken from the new album ‘Pink Elephant’
The Fat Angel Sings 