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The Globe & Mail proclaims the violin is the secret of Canada's recent success musically.

In the songs of Arcade Fire, the Dears and Stars, they're an integral part of the composition, not only defining the musical mood but laying an essential part of the harmonic foundation. Moreover, the strings don't sound as if they've been tacked on to the arrangement to add a bit of "class," like the string quartet in the Beatles' Eleanor Rigby -- they come across as though part of the music from its inception.

The article also states that Final Fantasy's new album, He Poos Clouds, is scheduled to be released in May.