Montreal band Arcade Fire has republished a blog post on its official website criticizing Conservative Leader Stephen Harper and encouraging Canadians not to vote for his party after briefly taking down the message.

Social media A look at social media reaction to the Arcade Fire's post.

The titled "Hey Canadians!" was removed from the blog Friday evening with no explanation, leaving only an error message, but was restored to the site later on with the addition of a signature, "xo Richard," presumably from band member Richard Parry.

The entry said: "It is about to be voting time. Our current leader has championed some pretty destructive initiatives on everyone's behalf … it’s really important to get out and vote on May 2nd."

The post also contained a link to Elections Canada's instructions for Canadians who want to vote while out of the country, as well as to a photo essay about the oilsands.

"Canada is still a pretty good country, and worth fighting for," the post said.

The Conservatives have not issued a formal response, but at least one candidate took it in stride.

When someone suggested in a tweet that Arcade Fire fan Tony Clement sit down before reading the band's post, Clement answered with lyrics from the band's Modern Man.

Arcade Fire won the album of the year Grammy for The Suburbs in February.