The album was critically acclaimed and commercially successful. It appeared on many top ten album lists for 2004 and 2005 (due to delayed international releases), with Pitchfork , Filter , No Ripcord, and The MTV2 2005 Review crowning it the album of the year. NME named Funeral second in their…
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Eventually, they were signed to Domino in June 2005. The band said they were attracted to the DIY ethic of Domino owner Laurence Bell, who ran the label from his flat and only signed bands that he liked personally. The UK’s Daily Star reported that this was followed in October…
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The band spent much of 2005 in the studio in Glasgow working on their follow-up album, You Could Have It So Much Better , which was released on 3 October 2005. The band initially intended to leave the album self-titled like their debut, but they changed it to You Could…
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to coincide with the band’s October 2005 UK tour.
On September 11, 2005, Arcade Fire appeared on the long-running BBC music series Top of the Pops , performing “Rebellion (Lies)”.
On September 9, 2005, the band appeared on the British/US television special “Fashion Rocks”, on which David Bowie joined them for “Wake Up”.
An album of remixes of tracks from Silent Alarm had also been released at the end of August 2005 in the UK.
With these releases their fanbase continued to grow and on 25 July 2005 their debut album The Back Room was released to critical acclaim and commercial success.
In 2005, Maxïmo Park released their debut album, A Certain Trigger , which sold over 300,000 copies and was nominated for the Mercury Prize in July 2005. In July, Maxïmo Park had the honour of being the first band to play the Ibiza Rocks festival on its opening event. In…
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During July 2005, Bloc Party recorded two new tracks with Silent Alarm producer Paul Epworth .