02 Pink Elephant (4:44)
03 Year of the Snake (5:10)
04 Circle of Trust (6:05)
05 Alien Nation (3:24)
06 Beyond Salvation (1:20)
07 Ride or Die (4:08)
08 I Love Her Shadow (5:29)
09 She Cries Diamond Rain (1:21)
10 Stuck in My Head (7:23)
Arcade Fire is a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec. The band consists of multi-instrumentalists Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, and Jeremy Gara. The band's touring line-up includes former core member Sarah Neufeld and multi-instrumentalists Paul Beaubrun and Dan Boeckner. Most of the band's studio albums feature contributions from composer and violinist Owen Pallett, who has also served as a touring member. Founded in 2001 by friends and classmates Win Butler and Josh Deu, the band came to prominence in 2004 with the release of their critically acclaimed debut album, Funeral.
The band has been described as indie rock, art rock, dance-rock, and baroque pop. They play guitar, drums, bass guitar, piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, xylophone, glockenspiel, keyboard, synthesizer, French horn, accordion, harp, mandolin and hurdy-gurdy, and take most of these instruments on tour; the multi-instrumentalist band members switch duties throughout shows.
Pink Elephant is the seventh studio album by Arcade Fire, released on May 9, 2025, on Columbia Records. Produced by band members Win Butler and Régine Chassagne and producer Daniel Lanois, the album was preceded by the singles Year of the Snake and Pink Elephant. The album received mixed reviews from critics. It also commercially underperformed, failing to chart on the Billboard 200 entirely in the United States. On 18 April 2026, Arcade Fire released Open Your Heart or Die Trying, an ambient companion album based on Pink Elephant.
Pink Elephant was met with mixed reviews from music critics. On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 55 out of 100 based on 12 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Many reviewers noted the significance of Pink Elephant as the first album since the sexual misconduct allegations against Butler in 2022, which he vehemently denied. Will Dukes of Rolling Stone described the album as "a cathartic manifesto in miniature" and deemed it "sweet, enticing, and direct". Lewie Parkinson-Jones of Slant Magazine was less positive in his review, criticizing the lyrics as "problematic" and "remarkably tone-deaf" and considering Pink Elephant less substantial than the band's previous releases. In contrast, Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph gave the album 4/5 stars, writing "[Pink Elephant] is almost too personal, like listening to a preacher begging for forgiveness from his flock. Yet the sheer power of Arcade Fire in full flight should be enough to restore any sinner's faith in rock and roll."
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