No Cars Go

No Cars Go, the fourth single released from 2007’s Neon Bible, was actually a re-recorded version of a song that appeared, in slightly less anthemic form, on the band’s self-released debut EP. As with much of the second album, the song is grandiose in scope, but reaches the sort of joyous, escapist climax that is suggested, but never fully realized throughout the rest of the album. On its own, No Cars Go is one of Neon Bible’s most accessible, immediate songs, but in the narrative arc of the album, it takes on an even greater significance.