I’m sure my one loyal reader — who is not a big fan of Arcade Fire — is groaning right now, but today begins week two of my song-by-song exploration of the band’s Grammy-winning album, The Suburbs.

Track six, ‘City With No Children,’ mines similar territory as the first five tracks (not surprisingly… this is a concept album, after all): nostalgia, regret, the soullessness of modern society.

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