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The Arcade Fire: The Suburbs

Dorian Lynskey, Q, September 2010

IN MAY, WHEN news broke that Arcade Fire's third album would be called The Suburbs, one online fan posted a joke tracklisting featuring such numbers as 'White Picket Fences', 'Latchkey Kids' and 'Neighbourhood #5 (Hockey)'.

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