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Reissue. The Suburbs is the third studio album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire, originally released in August 2010. The album's lyrical content is inspired by band members Win and William Butler's upbringing in The Woodlands, Texas, a suburb of Houston. According to Win Butler, the album Inchis neither a love letter to, nor an indictment of, the suburbs - it's a letter from the suburbsInch. The album was recorded in Win Butler and Régine Chassagne's residence in Montreal, with some parts being recorded at the band's studio in Quebec and in New York City. Win Butler describes the overall sound of The Suburbs as Incha mix of Depeche Mode and Neil YoungInch, stating that he wanted the album to sound like Inchthe bands that I heard when I was very young, and wondered what those crazy noises wereInch.
