Arcade Fire fuel speculation of new music with announcement teaser

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Arcade Fire have fuelled speculation of new music with an announcement due today (April 4) heralded with the name ‘Circle Of Trust’.Last month (March 6), the Canadian indie rock band got fans talking when they made some drastic changes to their social media pages – on Instagram, this included wiping all of their posts and uploading a new profile picture, bio and website link.Since then, it has included a bio with the cryptic message “It’s the year of the snake so let your heart break”, along with a profile picture with the word “TRUST” in all-caps written in a circle.

Back in 2022, the band removed all of their Instagram posts and changed the artwork on the page in the lead-up to them announcing their sixth studio album ‘WE’.Today, the band shared a video which shows an unseen person finger-painting “TRUST” on the back of a tambourine – accompanied by a caption that points to an announcement at 5pm Central Time (11pm UK time). “See you at 5pm central in the Circle of Trust”, it reads.A post shared by Arcade Fire (@arcadefire)In March, upon the Instagram profile revamp, eagle-eyed fans noticed the number of posts shared by the band on Stories as well, with many taking to social media to speculate what could be in the works.

These stories have included images of the band members, fans, nature and more, all with the same luminous pink tint as seen in the artwork.“I’m trying to figure out what I’m looking at,” one fan wrote on Reddit, while another added: “This is Win as he was dressed yesterday.

If they just shot a music video, we won’t get to see it in the next few days”.“Circle Of Trust, 99 per cent sure that’s the album name.