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Listen: New Arcade Fire Songs ‘Culture War’ & ‘Speaking In Tongues’

Two new Arcade Fire songs have been premiered tonight (May 23) via Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show.

Listen: New Arcade Fire Songs ‘Culture War’ & ‘Speaking In Tongues’

Two new Arcade Fire songs have been premiered tonight (May 23) via Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show.

A special deluxe edition featuring the two new unreleased songs will be released next month. One of the two new tracks - ‘Speaking In Tongues’ - features vocals from David Byrne. That appears alongside second unreleased song ‘Culture War’, and a longer version of ‘Wasted Hours (A Life That We Can Live)’. You can check out both below.

Also included will be a DVD featuring Spike Jonze directed short ‘Scenes From The Suburbs’, a companion documentary and a music video for the album’s title track. There will also be a booklet including lyrics and 80 pages of photos from the ‘Scenes From The Suburbs’ film shoot.

Arcade Fire - Culture War

Arcade Fire - Speaking In Tongues

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