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Our Single Of The Week for this week is an old-yet new single from Arcade Fire, as 'Normal Person' is this weeks Single Of The Week. 

'Normal Person' is the fifth track on Arcade Fire's latest album 'Reflektor', of which was released a year ago. But following 'We Exist', 'Normal Person' is the latest track to be taken from 'Reflektor' and released as a single. Beginning with immense feedback, followed by an apology from lead singer Win Butler before he questions, "Do you like rock and roll music? Because I don't know if I do" and begins to sing the verse, which soon explodes in to a riotous chorus, which later explodes even further, as Win screams "If that's what's normal now, I don't wanna know". 'Normal Person' sends you into a subconcious head-banging state,  an extremely powerful track but yet possesses a kind of carnival atmosphere. It probably explains why Regine and the bongo players wave multi-coloured garments around whilst repeatedly jumping up and down throughout the chorus when the band perform it. 

Arcade Fire are a band that contionously keeps on giving. During each track of theirs, there is a part that forever progresses until it explodes into a grandstand finish and 'Normal Person' is a prime example of this. Although Win states within it, "When they get excited, they try to hide it", there is simply no hiding it whilst listening to 'Normal Person'. 

RIFFED's Rating: 9/10 

Listen to 'Normal Person' via Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqeAsmNLja0

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Purchase Arcade Fire's latest album 'Reflektor', including 'Normal Person', via the link: http://arcadefire.com/reflektorpreorder/us/

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