Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

smile like you got a straw in something
tropicaaal

but the truth is i'm probably not... if I ever was

good line and poignant delivery right here

i lost the money
lost the keys
but i'm still handcuffed to the briefcase

This is like if ween and three dog night had a bastard

I like it

Ween's a good spot!

There's another Spotify playlist here, the music they've been playing in the hour or so before they come on at shows

https://open.spotify.com/user/nobodytoldme/playlist/6MwQUZDrUdBs2UW3vMZDu0?si=Y_07xtgrR6yPgrS4n33R3Q

cockney rebel just occurred to me as well

i somehow haven't posted on this thread yet, but this is obviously fantastic. "four stars out of five" is the obvious standout, but i'm really digging the final two tracks right now. "batphone" has my favorite piano part on the record and i love the slinky guitar and the chintzy synth. and "the ultracheese" is a beautiful country torch song, reminds me a bit of conway twitty and a bit of "on top of old smoky"

Killer pink flamingos
Computer controlled
Panoramic windows looking out across your soul

I think a lot of fans of the album might appreciate this from The Last Shadow Puppets, Alex Turner wrote this one on his own and it features no Miles Kane vocal either so it's essentially a solo song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omm4d6aCR5k

That "moon's side boob" lyric, tho!

ugh Alex Turner's hair

― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, May 5, 2018 8:59 PM (two months ago)

you'll be thrilled to see he's done.. something about that:

he just wanted to be one of the damn strokes!!1! @ArcticMonkeys @thestrokes pic.twitter.com/yBbKCoWuji

— mon (@folkgoth) July 25, 2018

four stars out of five!

oh has he had a haircut?

he looks like Nick Jonas

he's a total beaver

This album is still sounding great to me - the only track that I'm not keen on is 'Batphone', which doesn't seem to have grown on me all that much. Still, the rest of the album is fantastic.

album reminds me of pulp this is hardcore a lot

i love this record but sometimes the vocals get in the way for me, after a whole record it is a little wearying..first half is absolutely solid tho and stellar closer

It doesn't remind me of This is Hardcore at all!

really just the song dishes i think tbh

what the fuck

Why?

do more people “get” this record now? bc it’s fucking amazing

It's a good record that I haven't felt the need to listen to for months.

thanks anyone else

i haven't put it on in a while but i still know all the words

I made a note to relisten.

thought it was amazing and their best and haven't been unconvinced of that yet.

still think AM is their best but this album is also really good. there was a point where i couldn't stop listening to it and not a lot of albums do that to me anymore. this concert was also really, really good. it will be interesting what they do next.

I think the first half is really strong, it peaks with 'Four Out of Five', and then the second half isn't as good as the first but has a couple of highlights ('She Looks Like Fun' and 'The Ultracheese') - The part where 'One Point Perspective' segues into 'American Sports' is still my favourite part of the album, and I have no time at all for 'Batphone'. I played the shit out of the album when it was first released, and while I still love the fact that it rubs fans of their earlier work up the wrong way, I think AM and Humbug are better albums.

'star treatment' came on at the bar last nite and i couln't help but sing along to the whole thing

should do a trax poll

yeah, I love this record

Still love the best tracks, and the BBC live show thing from last year is up in full now on YouTube, featuring many older tunes 'done' in a
Tranquility Base style

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J9AzL0wMcA

agreed with those who say this is their best album, disagree with those who have no time for batphone

"Batphone" rules!

if anything I hope their next one pushes the sparseness even further just to annoy ppl

'Batphone' is one of the dullest things this band have ever done. An absolute waste of time.

sorry, we're talking about the song "batphone" by the arctic monkeys, not "bananaphone" by raffi

thanks again turrican for weighing in with the intellectual rigor of a youtube comment

Hey, I'm all for people wasting their own time, as long as it ain't mine.

I launch my fragrance called "Integrity"
I sell the fact that I can't be bought

the intellectual rigor of a youtube comment

Turrican needs to up his game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gQrjweCqE8

put this on for the first time in a while and yeah still great. miles beyond the rest of their records

feels like the first thing they've done that both wholly makes good on their promise and removes all the negative influences

it's fantastic

I get 4 Stars Out of 5 in my head all the time
.

i want to make a simple point about peace and love
but in a sexy way where it's not obvious

This is so great even though I hate how the drums sound. Modern live drum sound I hear on everything from Jack white to lianne la havas.

such beautiful photography
it's worth it for the opening scene
i've been driving round
listening
TO THE SCORE

I don't mind the drums but *that* bass sound has been everywhere these last few years. I've seen Alex Turner talking about trying to get the bass to sound like Histoire de Melody Nelson.

What's up with the drums, do you think?