Arcade Fire Are Spying On Your House

Arcade Fire are officially Big Brother. Or they've teamed with them, at least.

The band's new video for The Suburbs' "We Used To Wait" is an interactive project with Google Maps. It's been put together by Chris Milk.

Basically, if you visit thewildernessdowntown.com, a built-in program asks you to enter the address of the house where you grew up. A video then loads, with incredibly creepy aerial and street Google Maps shots of that neighbourhood. I'm freaking out because I could see my mom's car from the air.

There's also a neat part where you can write a postcard full of advice to your younger self. And if you grew up like me, wanting to escape your suburban neighbourhood, you'll appreciate the multiple shots of a character (who's obviously meant to be you) running like hell through that neighbourhood's streets.

As awesome and creative as something like this, it's still a bit unnerving to see one's childhood home in a music video. We don't want to give too much away, but it's worth your while to visit thewildernessdowntown.com and check out the video.

Arcade Fire are touring in support of The Suburbs, and you can see them here:

Aug. 31 Berlin, Germany @ Tempodrom
Sept. 2 Bologna, Italy @ Arena Parco Nord
Sept. 5 Santiago De Compostela @ MTV Galicia 2010
Sept. 22 St. Paul, MN @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium
Sept. 23 Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre
Sept. 25 Saskatoon, SK @ Credit Union Centre
Sept. 26 Calgary, AB @ Stampede Corral
Sept. 28 Vancouver, BC @ Pacific Coliseum
Sept. 29 Seattle, WA @ Key Arena
Sept. 30 Portland, OR @ Memorial Coliseum
Oct. 2-3 Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre at University Of California-Berkeley
Oct. 5 Big Sur, CA @ Henry Miller Library
Oct. 7-8 Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Auditorium
Oct. 10 Mexico City, Mexico @ Palacio De Los Deportes
Oct. 12 Monterrey, Mexico @ Banamex Theatre
Nov. 18 Lisbon, Portugal @ Atlantica Pavilion
Nov. 21 Barcelona, Spain @ Palau Sant Jordi
Nov. 24 Marseille, France @ Le Dome
Nov. 26 Lyon, France @ La Halle Tony Garnier
Nov. 28 Munich, Germany @ Zenith
Nov. 29 Dusseldorf, Germany @ Philipshalle
Dec. 1-2 London, England @ O2 Arena
Dec. 5-6 Dublin, Ireland @ O2 Academy Dublin
Dec. 8 Birmingham, England @ LG Arena
Dec. 9 Cardiff, Wales @ Cardiff International Arena
Dec. 11 Manchester, England @ Central
Dec. 12 Glasgow, Scotland @ Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre