Pink Elephant 9/10

I think this is the perfect Arcade Fire album for 2025. It’s ambient, lo-fi, and low-key. In an age where everything is shiny, loud, and AI-generated to perfection, this album resists. It’s a headphone record, with a strange, almost lost-wave quality in the mix. I don’t need another orchestrated rock opera, honestly, I almost love the three ambient tracks more than the songs. Everything feels bittersweet and crooked. With each listen, you catch something new, like it’s playing in the next room.

People should listen to more ambient music and embrace slowness, not perfection. This is an album made by friends who stuck together, complicated human beings with complicated relationships. Fucked up artsy kids caught in the grandeur of life. It’s one of their most important albums, and the one I want to hear in 2025.