Any concept album worth its salt has at least one song that is broken into parts. Just ask Pink Floyd.

Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs has a couple of examples. The first is ‘Half Light,’ part one (or I) of which is today’s SOTD.

This is the most atmospheric track on the album so far, drowned in ambient synth-strings that sit higher in the mix than the vocals. And Win Butler takes a back seat for most of the song, letting his backing vocalists carry the tune.

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