Arcade Fire opened themselves up to political scrutiny, behemothic bobblehead-style, this anniversary if a man in an colossal papier-mâché Barack Obama arch appeared next to a "talking head" adaptation of Republican Texas Governor Rick Perry at their Austin concert.
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Leading up to the absolution of their latest record, Reflektor, the bandage began cutting astronomic affected noggins for locations of their concerts. They were even acclimated to affected out the army at a small-venue Brooklyn gig in October and one was even stolen in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Most recently, the Strokes' Julian Casablancas came onstage wearing a affectation to accessory like Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler at an Argentina gig. Now they're aberration out above the band, according to Consequence of Sound.
"Obama" and "Perry" – the closing of whom in absolute activity has fabricated several acicular animadversion about the president, even questioning the angary of Obama's bearing certificate – greeted the army aboriginal in the band's set. As it happens, the absolute Admiral Obama was in Austin the aforementioned day as the concert.
Another bobblehead, "Pope Francis," fabricated an actualization after in the appearance afore Arcade Fire played their adaptation of Prince's "Controversy," a song they performed ahead in the Purple One's hometown of Minneapolis.
Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler told Rolling Stone in October that he was aggressive to actualize the masks originally while accessory Carnival in Haiti. "For me, cutting a affectation and dancing and getting in the army – there's this accomplished antagonism of association that happens," he said. "For a lot of my accompany and humans that I grew up with, the alone time you anytime absolutely feel adequate dancing is if you're with alone your best accompany and you're absolutely drunk."
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