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Title: Arcade Fire – Funeral
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2004, Rock, Indie Rock, Montreal, QC
Condition: New (gatefold)

Cultural Facts:

1. Family Ties: The title wasn’t abstract—multiple deaths hit the band’s close circle during writing, and rehearsals became a place to process real family grief, not “album themes.”

2. Studio Lore: Recorded in a converted church (Hotel2Tango) with the scene’s DIY engineering ethos—big-room acoustics, odd instruments, and “use what’s there” problem-solving.

3. Scene Ecology: Montreal’s mid-2000s circuit ran on shared spaces and overlapping bands; Arcade Fire’s early shows functioned like community events where friends rotated instruments and roles.