Win Butler has spent the last few weeks teasing fans with clips of possible new Arcade Fire material from his personal Instagram profile. Now, he's decided to switch accounts and share a proper update from his band's page.
On the official Arcade Fire Instagram, Butler shared a handwritten note for fans. The three-part letter includes reference to Butler's 40th birthday, which is today (Happy Birthday, Win!). It also includes messaging urging Arcade Fire fans to stay home in the age of COVID-19.
He went on to confirm that the band have been back in the studio.
"Regine and I have been writing for the last couple of years, and the band was a few months into recording new material when COVID-19 hit…We had been exploring a lot of lyrical and musical themes that feel almost eerily related to what is happening now (we actually have a song called Age of Anxiety written a year ago for Christ's sake – ha ha )," he wrote. "Needless to say, the writing has intensified, and the work is flowing out… It is challenging as ever, and with just as much purpose…"
Butler added that it will be clear what new work was made during the coronavirus pandemic when the new material eventually surfaces. "When you listen to the music that's coming (…eventually…not soon…if you don't have patience by now, you definitely aren't reading this), you will know what we were working on under quarantine," he wrote.
Read Win Butler's full letter to Arcade Fire fans below.
On the official Arcade Fire Instagram, Butler shared a handwritten note for fans. The three-part letter includes reference to Butler's 40th birthday, which is today (Happy Birthday, Win!). It also includes messaging urging Arcade Fire fans to stay home in the age of COVID-19.
He went on to confirm that the band have been back in the studio.
"Regine and I have been writing for the last couple of years, and the band was a few months into recording new material when COVID-19 hit…We had been exploring a lot of lyrical and musical themes that feel almost eerily related to what is happening now (we actually have a song called Age of Anxiety written a year ago for Christ's sake – ha ha )," he wrote. "Needless to say, the writing has intensified, and the work is flowing out… It is challenging as ever, and with just as much purpose…"
Butler added that it will be clear what new work was made during the coronavirus pandemic when the new material eventually surfaces. "When you listen to the music that's coming (…eventually…not soon…if you don't have patience by now, you definitely aren't reading this), you will know what we were working on under quarantine," he wrote.
Read Win Butler's full letter to Arcade Fire fans below.