The album Funeral was so named because of recent loss .
It was given its title because several band members had recently lost members of their families : Régine Chassagne 's grandmother died in June 2003 , Win and William Butler 's grandfather ( swing musician Alvino Rey ) in February 2004 , and Richard Reed Parry 's aunt in April 2004.Preliminary recordings for Funeral were made during the course of a week in August 2003 at the Hotel2Tango in Montreal , Quebec , and the recording was completed later that year .
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