Arcade Fire have completely ripped off Flight of the Conchords.

The new Arcade Fire album came out on Monday and it's pretty ok! Overlong and overdeveloped, a lot of ideas fall flat but as always their best songs are streets ahead of those by their peers. That said, I couldn't help but notice that some of the lyrics were strikingly reminiscent of New Zealand's '4th most popular folk parody duo' Flight of the Conchords. I've put together some gifs of classic FOTC moments overlayed with the new song lyrics to let you decide:

It seems pretty clear to me that Win Butler and his band of merry men have ripped off Bret and Jermaine without a hint of remorse. I know they're busy with Hollywood stardom but if I were them I'd be pursuing some kind of legal action.