Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

At this point the Arctic Monkeys are rapidly overtaking Lana Del Rey as the people who should obviously be working on the next James Bond theme

Yeah you can just imagine it can't you? I mean they let Radiohead have a crack..

I don't particularly care about them but man "Four out of Five" is indeed a jam

This is their Black Celebration.

― piscesx, Friday, May 11, 2018 9:22 AM

There's one track that begins with a synth preset right out of mid '80s Depeche Mode.

ah it's "Batphone."

this record brings up a lot of weird comparison points for me. like i feel like jellyfish might've made this record had they traded in paisley overalls and wide-eyed awe for impenetrably dark sunglasses and ennui

Turner's always traded on ennui, though, right? This time he's shooting for the rotter vibe of This is Hardcore, and I'm still wondering if he's cramming too many words onto rickety melody lines.

I realized yesterday that I had a terrible download. The stream sounds much better.

oh yeah totally it just feels even more locked into that ennui than even their previous records. this is hardcore came to mind too

bowie/queen glam/prog axis of worship but sitting poolside and dissociative

poolside did you say

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damn I really like this, the fact that UK fans hate it is just icing

I dig this so far! seems like it would be good to get lifted to

I think not being super invested in the Arctic Monkeys helps

I've yet to hear this, but if people are hating it because it sounds like Humbug or because it isn't their (incredibly overrated) debut then I may like it.

the fact that UK fans hate it is just icing

Explain.

oh I just love the idea of Mojo-reading lads being like "hell yeah time to rock" then listening to...this

I'm not excessively fond of the debut or "I Bet You Look Good..." either; the second album impressed me, though, and "Fluorescent Adolescent" remains their best fast single imo.

this doesn’t sound like any of their previous records

there’s also a pretty audible r&b element in the first two tracks, makes me think turner’s been listening to a lot of al green

Re 'MOJO reading lads' Mojo had the first interview before the album came out and the band did a playlist of influences for 'em (Dion, Nino Rota, David Axelrod, Gainsbourg..) so anyone reading Mojo knew before anyone else that the record wasn't a rock album. It's more for 30 and 40-something types Mojo. Lads are more 'LadBible' these days.

I feel like people like to use Mojo as a strawman more than anything, this is a total record collector Mojo album

I confess I have no idea what the lads read these days and I don't think I've read a mojo article in at least half a decade, just didn't want to use NME since they went under or something

I don't think "lads" have ever read Mojo. Mojo is more geared towards a Steve Hoffman Forum type of audience.

What the hell is this?

180 degree change. I think I like it

bee ok otm

I haven't listened to this yet, but I long assumed that it was going to sound like a Last Shadow Puppets album. Am I wrong in this assumption?

that is wrong, I think? (never heard the second one)

it feels pretty linked to "everything you've come to expect" from the second one

Haven't heard it yet but remember them throwing 'Lounge' around a lot during the Suck it and See press, into the idea of their biggest record just being an anomaly.

Also Simon's right, as immature as it is, pissing off the nme/britrock/catfish and the bottlemen crowd will always endear me.

Yeah, I was thinking more about the second album, than their first.

Xp yeah very much Brad. Also i feel that the mumbling-along-with-a-synth (a Moog?) bit of '505' as far back as album 2 is similar.

i LOVE the title track

Yeah that, Four Out Of Five and Star Treatment would BE the ones i'd save from a fire.

ffs I'm listening to this now

:D

actually i have no idea how you'll feel about it

im curious too!

Yeah that, Four Out Of Five and Star Treatment would BE the ones i'd save from a fire.

― piscesx, Friday, May 11, 2018 11:04 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i'd save them all
but i'm no hero

this is odd and not too bad, doesn't sound like AM at all

not really for me but fine tbh!

one for the sticker

Was able to finally finish this up. Not what I'm sure anymore was explaining from Arctic Monkeys. I'm sure fans are going to hate it. I think Brad said it was a lounge record and that it is. Not sure what to think really but don't see myself playing this a lot this year as it's not my style.

Good for them though to try something completely different

Isn't the lounge singer thing intentional though, as in it's part of the concept of the record? Or so I read.

Anyway I listened to the four tracks that seem to be getting the most love/attention on this thread and liked them. Not sure I need to hear the rest but yeah, good on yer, Alex.

He's impressed me almost every step of the way. I remember when the first album came out and there was all this Brit-pop hype, with him the next Ray Davies. I was doubtful, but ... the album was good. Then I saw them live behind that record and they were great. Then I totally tuned out except for whatever I heard on the radio, and what I did hear ... was pretty good, too! And this one is really good as well, very Pulp/Richard Hawley/David Bowie, which is nothing I ever would have expected from him.

I haven't heard the album but "4 out of 5 stars" is really good. Lounge lizard Bowie vibes.

"She Looks Life Fun" is brilliant IMO. 70s glam through a 'White Album' lens.

hm i'm starting to think every song on this is amazing

I haven’t listened to this yet, and I’m glad when albums turn out well however it’s done. Yet it’s kind of emperor’s new clothes that no one is saying why so many musicians have gone synth or changed their songwriting style to be less distinctive. The musicians can’t explain it themselves, they’ll get attacked from both sides.

Maybe the public might care a little more with some awareness of what streaming does in specific cases, more so than just hearing about homogenization in general. That’s too ambiguous — it’s 101 that arguments need specific examples to demonstrate the point.

This band has not gone synth or gotten less distinctive.

Muso question: is all the melodic bass stuff a bass or a baritone guitar?

"She Looks Life Fun" is brilliant IMO. 70s glam through a 'White Album' lens.

― Milton, Saturday, May 12, 2018 8:33 AM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

totally otm, with a bridge that lifts off into queen territory

acoustic piano is way more dominant instrument than synths on this