Listen: Arcade Fire, David Byrne: “Speaking in Tongues”

As promised, one of the bonus tracks for Arcade Fire’s forthcoming The Suburbs deluxe edition boasts a brief cameo on vocals by the great Talking Heads frontman/solo artist David Byrne. Their collaboration, “Speaking in Tongues,” premiered on Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show today alongside another new song, “Culture War.” You can stream the former tune, a bouncy, mid-tempo jam (Byrne’s contribution is prominent only during the outro) above or give both radio rips a spin over at Listen Before You Buy.

Update: We now have non-radio streams (H/T My Poproks) — above and below — via Merge Records for both songs.

“Culture War”