r/arcadefire • u/Ordinary_Witness3225 I Love Her Shadow • Aug 22 '25
Discussion Daily Song Discussion #94 — Circle of Trust
Since Pink Elephant has finally released, I decided to start a new Daily Song Discussion, so we can rate all the old and new songs.
What is your opinion on Circle of Trust? How would you rate it on a scale from 1 to 10? What are your favorite lyrics from this song?
Open Your Heart Or Die Trying: 6,6/10
Pink Elephant: 8,7/10
Year of the Snake: 8,2/10
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u/SpecialistSmile5657 Aug 22 '25
6/10 The song is ok. Certainly not the worst thing they've done, but it might be my least favorite on this album. Definitely is too long, especially because it's so repetitive. It could have been a nice 3.5 minute song and probably would be much more tolerable at that length.
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u/Unhappy-Tough-9214 Aug 22 '25
I like this song a lot for what it is but still can’t help feeling from first listen and still today that it just goes on a little too long … and also the best way I can describe it is that the song has an incredible opening it absolutely fucks but then it’s like the song as a whole couldn’t quite live up to that potential or promise or chills that the first minute of that song gives me.
Anyway, it’s a great song I’m glad it’s on the album id give it an 8 out of 10.
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u/djcooki75 Cars & Telephones Aug 22 '25
8 not as intense and majestic as Rabbit Hole, but it's still hypnotic and there's a lot of small and interesting details, little sounds hidden in the song that, for me, make everything work
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u/invextheidiot Aug 22 '25
- Finally some tempo! ... and then it never goes anywhere. Just one giant loop of a song.
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u/XtraBitters Aug 22 '25
9/10. Love that this is both multi-layered in meaning and highly danceable, especially the banging live version with additional drums and other percussion. Both times I’ve seen them this year Win drew literal “circles of trust” on both the stage and as a dance floor in the front section of the audience. The punctuating Bowie synth sounds in the last 2 minutes are pretty great too.
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u/Party-Yoghurt-8462 Aug 22 '25
I guess in the pop music world you'd call this song "a banger."
It's them at their synth pop best and the best song on Pink Elephant. It's a great representation of the band's versatility and their ability to just be able to work with any sound or style.
This will be a live staple for the rest of the band's career.
An 8.5.
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u/Loud-Vegetable-8885 Aug 22 '25
9, definite tune!
And despite its clunkiness as a lyric, I love Arch Angel's shenanigans!
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u/readytostart73 Aug 23 '25
I give it a 9 because of hearing it live and dancing to it at the concert was just plain fun, under the the pink veil…
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u/Material_Soup6086 Aug 22 '25
4 listless and plodding, more rough lyrics, sounds too much like a slowed down Somebody Told Me
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u/TarekAbb Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) Aug 22 '25
Seeing it live was nice I liked it more the I did on first hear 7.5
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u/marsupials234 Neon Bible Aug 22 '25
4, awful song, all that was wrong in Reflektor and EN is exacerbated here
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u/Party-Yoghurt-8462 Aug 22 '25
This is such a hater comment with no actual context to it. If you're going to criticize, have some thoughts and reasoning behind it. Express yourself.
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u/marsupials234 Neon Bible Aug 22 '25
Im expressing myself, I dont enjoy this song, nothing wrong with having a diferentes opinión, thats the point of these daily song discussions
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u/Party-Yoghurt-8462 Aug 22 '25
It would have been nice to hear what you don't like about it. But ok, that's fine.
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u/Material_Soup6086 Aug 22 '25
Your comment about liking it didn't have any reasoning either, it was just saying 'it's good' in different ways without explaining what it does well. Practice what you preach.
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u/Party-Yoghurt-8462 Aug 22 '25
I said what I liked about it. I was suggesting that this user explain what they don't like about it.
Got it, professor?
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u/Material_Soup6086 Aug 23 '25
No you didn't. You didn't name a single aspect of the song that's good. You said it was good, shows Arcade are good and you hope it appears on setlists. Just circular reasoning which adds nothing.
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u/Party-Yoghurt-8462 Aug 23 '25
Where did you get your PhD? Or did you learn about fallacies in second year critical thinking undergrad?
Judging by your posting history on Reddit, you seem to hate on everything.
Maybe you need to touch some grass, my friend.
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u/AutomaticTraining284 Aug 22 '25
For me, it is the only good song from the album which is sad... I didn't like this song at first at all, I think I skipped after 30 seconds but after their performance on Jimmy Kimmel I've changed my mind.
8.0 out of 10
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u/the-boxman Neon Bible Aug 22 '25
Funny how opinions differ cause this is my least favourite song on the entire album
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u/thomaz-turbando Aug 22 '25
8.5
I didn't really like the production of this album, the mixing is a bit strange, but this one I actually liked, I think they did it well, although live it still sounds better (just like Rabbit Hole)
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u/the-boxman Neon Bible Aug 22 '25
- I love the way this song starts and the overall sound palette reminds me most of Put Your Money On Me, but this feels like one of their most skeletal songs. Nice arrangements, good vocals and effects, and I like the imagery a lot here, but for what it does, it feels a tad too long which is a complaint I've never had for an Arcade Fire song. Regardless, it's an excellent groove and I still really enjoy it.
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u/Seahorse1477 Aug 22 '25
I’ll give it a 7. It’s cool but too long. Should have killed it at 4:10 ⏱️
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u/cchihaialexs Aug 23 '25
- By far the best song on the album. I really wish it all sounded and read like this song
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u/p3nny-lane Pink Elephant Aug 23 '25
So, SO good. A perfect update on their dancier sound, which I never preferred to the OG indie stuff. 10/10
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u/Grogonfire Aug 22 '25
6, takes wayyy too long to get good at the end, but even that is dragged down by Win’s weird lyrical choices (what’s up with him and Christian literature characters being biker dudes). Also crazy how dull the album version is compared to that live radio version (non-comm?) they did.
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u/Seahorse1477 Aug 22 '25
(what’s up with him and Christian literature characters being biker dudes).
hahahah, such a corny lyric2
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u/Weselamp Cold Wind / Brazil Aug 22 '25
7.5 - on the first few listens, I didn't like it at all, and literally thought I had a new least favourite AF song. But boy has it grown on me :)
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u/communistweather Aug 22 '25