The b-side to Arcade Fire's latest single, "No Cars Go," has the deadly serious tone that admirers have come to expect, though it takes a few minutes to find its epic scope. It starts almost modestly, with Win Butler putting himself in the off brand shoes of an escaping Cold War victim while emoting with that quivering voice of his. "The eighties ain't been kind to anyone," he sings, which is true enough for a Czech dissident but not quite as accurate for a band whose huge second album heavily apes the decade specific sounds of President Springsteen. As this is an older song finally committed to tape, that pounding Bruce love is replaced by a graceful slow burn. At the two minute mark the drums finally kick in and a choir of voices gives the melody a more defined shape. It slowly gains steam from there, building into their signature sort of grand gesture. Even a minor track in their catalog sounds like a lesser band's defining anthem, you have to give them that.