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Funeral: Black Vinyl LP The Wave Pictures Bearded TheoryThe Arcade Fire coalesced in Montreal, Quebec, and recorded their debut album Funeral during one of that city's arduous winters. It is a truly eccentric rock record: bizarre at turns and recognisable elsewhere, equally beautiful and harrowing, theatrical and sincere. At times, the album's total disregard of formula and expectation is positively thrilling. It's like a higher pitched David Byrne fronting Echo & The Bunnymen, the first two Roxy Music