Arcade Fire pick up where “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)” left off with its disco ball now worshiped by the Easter Island-headed masks of 2011’s Vincent Morisset-directed video. “We’re so connected, but are we even friends?,” sings Win Butler on “Reflektor.” “We fell in love when I was 19 and now we’re staring at a screen.” That’s some ’70s David Bowie-worthy zeitgeist-taunting right there, for which their 2005 collaborator turns up on guest vocals. They broach the question, but bow out in time: “See you on the other side. We all got things to hide.” The great Anton Corbijn directed the video above.
Ethan Johns, Featured, Jon Brion, Laura Marling, Ray LaMontagne, Ryan Adams