Arcade Fire has shared a new 45-minute original piece of music called ‘Memories of the Age of Anxiety’. The music is available on the meditation and sleep app Headspace; it promises “meditative vibes to help you focus and feel inspired.”
The band’s last album was that of 2017 Everything nowLast year, a new Arcade Fire album was promised when Win Butler said work on a new album “flowed” in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The band performed a new song called “Generation A” at Stephen Colbert’s 2020 election special.
Everything now– featuring ‘Creature Comfort’, ‘Signs of Life’ and the title track – was promoted with free cereal boxes and fake news items. They then recorded a rendition of a 1941 Disney song for Tim Burton’s 2019 film Dumbo