As Seen Through Windows - Bell Orchestre
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  • Summary: This is the second album for the Montreal group featuring two members of Arcade Fire.
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  1. It sounds more coherent than episodic, placeless, and with a definite emphasis on the rock aspects that, on "Recording a Tape," were used sparingly.
  2. As Seen Through Windows is both a progression and an evolution from the band's previous work, and it would be criminal to overlook them this time.
  3. 80
    Produced by Tortoise's John McEntire on this, their second outing, BO channel such solitary American composers as Harry Partch and Charles Ives, rattling from distorted second line jazz to mournful Moondog horn stomps and sweet chamber melancholy, creating a claustrophobic city suite that taps into a whole other area of American vernacular music. [Dec 2009, p. 96]
  4. The band, composed of members of Arcade Fire, The Luyas, Snailhouse, and The Sway Machine, is a good fit for fans of any of the aforementioned acts or anyone looking for some new instrumental music for homework or housework. [Spring 2009, p.70]

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