The Arcade Fire just released a 7″ on Merge for “No Cars Go”, a song originally off the band’s debut EP that was re-recorded for Neon Bible in a far more grandiose manner. The b-side, “Surf City Eastern Bloc”, is also an older song that’s finally been put to tape. It’s worlds more intimate than the sonic bluster of “No Cars Go”, that is until the Hungarian military choir kicks in. Yes, you read correctly- a Hungarian military choir punches Winn Butler’s lackadaisical escapist crusade into high gear.

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