Arcade. Fire. Requires. No. Further. Explanation.

Those two words send shivers down the spine of innumerable anticipating music aficionados worldwide. Grown men boast about how they wept during their last Arcade Fire performance. Some months back when the new album was announced, audible squeals of delight were heard around the office.

You will have heard bits & bobs from Arcade Fire’s third album The Suburbs on the radio and online, however today we’re inviting you to come and listen to the album in full, loud, and on repeat. With copies of the album. And free drinks. To attend the listening party we’re throwing with Faster Louder in Sydney on the evening of July 27, enter the competition on FasterLouder.com. I’m counting down to soaring string sections and mourning Win Butler vocals. Oh yes.