Pretentious self indulgent shite
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I don't feel comfortable listening to (most of) their music on public. They're all sexual even when the lyrics aren't.
Nothing can beat "I wanna be your vacuum cleaner".Ok so after a full days listen, I think this will be something I keep on rotation for a while because I like the chilled vibe but yeah, the lyrics are absolutely atrocious and The Car has to be one of the worst songs I've ever heard and Mr Schwarz... what the feck is it even about
First time I played it, my mum was nearby and I could feel my soul leaving my body due to embarrassment.
The lyrics are the main downgrade from TBH&C. That album was packed with weirdly meme-able lines that lodged themselves in my head, right from the opening "I just wanted to be one of The Strokes....". Here, not so much.
But on the plus side, this album is moody, pretty and Bowie. You could easily slot a cover of a song like "Where Are We Now?" straight into the tracklist.
But on the plus side, this album is moody, pretty and Bowie. You could easily slot a cover of a song like "Where Are We Now?" straight into the tracklist.
I like that song but more importantly it's a cover of a John Cooper Clarke poem
TBH&C: What do you mean you've never seen Blade Runner?
That line is something me and my mate quote every time that film comes up in a conversation.
The Car: Just had a shave and caught some zzz's...
Don't think we'll be saying that any time soon
Absolutely god damn awful record just like the last one.
You're a rock and roll / indie band. Give the fans what they want instead of this piano lounge Jazz nonsense. No choruses to sing, nothing to dance to with your mates. Boring.
You're a rock and roll / indie band. Give the fans what they want instead of this piano lounge Jazz nonsense. No choruses to sing, nothing to dance to with your mates. Boring.
I think the hipster opinion is to say you love the new direction of the band and artists should be allowed to evolve and all that. And I do get that you can't just do the same sort of album over and over.
But I think it's just utter shite, the last two albums. Boring lounge jazz music as Alex Turner club singer style croons over the top, every song sounds the same.
Obviously they couldn't still be doing songs about going to indie discos in 2022 but it just feels like such a downgrade from what they used to do. If they'd started out as the band they are now they wouldn't have been popular.
But I think it's just utter shite, the last two albums. Boring lounge jazz music as Alex Turner club singer style croons over the top, every song sounds the same.
Obviously they couldn't still be doing songs about going to indie discos in 2022 but it just feels like such a downgrade from what they used to do. If they'd started out as the band they are now they wouldn't have been popular.
Just not for me at all. I don’t like the direction the have gone in
Had several 'debates' with these type of fans. They'd say it was amazing if it was Alex Turner banging a spoon on a radiator for 40mins with some of these lyrics chucked in for good measure.
Absolute nonsense. If they made a greatest hits album tomorrow none of these tracks from the last two albums would stand a chance. They've made B sides better nevermind early album tracks.
So heavily echoes criticism directed at Radiohead circa the turn of the century. The reality is not every music fan wants banging tunes and DJ sets. But for those who do want more straightforward indie rock there's plenty out there already.
That's certainly true. But then most of the great music that's released every year has a tiny fraction of their popularity too. Mass appeal isn't exactly 1-to-1 with quality.
I’ve really enjoyed pretty much all of their albums up until the last two. I mean, they’re ok. But it’s just bland, unmemorable background music for the most part. It’s self-gratification at its finest, but there’s the dwindling hardcore that lap it up and a rock-starved media desperate to hype it to something it’s not.
I dunno, I like the new direction and I'm absolutely not a hipster... I mean I unashamedly listen to Craig David, Backstreet Boys and Charlie Puth
But after the album finished on a listen, Spotify didn't repeat and went to Old Yellow Bricks... That opener made me remember how fecking amazing they used to be.
But after the album finished on a listen, Spotify didn't repeat and went to Old Yellow Bricks... That opener made me remember how fecking amazing they used to be.
AM is my favourite album followed by the first two in chronological order.
Humbug and SIAS were good but not great.
The last one and this one is just not my cup of tea.
Quite amusing choice of direction too from a guy who once wrote 'you're not from San Francisco, you're from Hunters Bar'. Maybe he should have listened to his own advice.
Humbug and SIAS were good but not great.
The last one and this one is just not my cup of tea.
Quite amusing choice of direction too from a guy who once wrote 'you're not from San Francisco, you're from Hunters Bar'. Maybe he should have listened to his own advice.
On Big Ideas I think there's a lyric like "had a great idea the band was excited... But I can't for the life of me remember what it was" or something to that effect... Very apt for this album
The drummer in particular just sounds completely neutered and under used on these last two albums.
100% but I would argue it goes further than that. The whole band are pretty redundant in this. This should have been a side project by Alex for the fans who think he walks on water.
They've made some great records in their defence and I can understand not wanting to repeat the same formula but lounge Jazz is not for me. It's utter dross for live tours too. People won't be paying £100 to hear the new stuff.
I think when Turner pitched Tranquility the band felt he should do it solo but in the end, they wanted those £'s.
I found it more sonically interesting than their last album but there isn't enough exploration of the beats and such. It's too dominated the vocalist and the lyrics are mid at best.
It feels like a Bowie impersonation but nowhere near as interesting as a Bowie album.
It feels like a Bowie impersonation but nowhere near as interesting as a Bowie album.
I honestly think this album would have been better as an instrumental.
I think Anthony Fantano nails it here.
I was listening to Sculptures and I swear Alex Turner sounds like Stewie from Family Guy. Especially the line "that's my idea of a good tyyyme"
I think this is it for me. I've only just started to get into them as I wasn't keen on them first time around and...there's so much other great music out there that I never, ever felt like I was missing much. I can take my time now exploring some of their much older stuff without any hype and appreciate how good a lot of it is. 'Leave Before The Lights Come On' is just absolutely brilliant, imo.
But, their last two albums blow very, very hard. They're absolute shite. The energy is gone. I was setting up a PA system at my school the other day and had an Arctic Monkeys playlist on through Spotify, so just their general music without being from a specific album. The amount of teenagers that were coming into the hall who could list off song after song from their older stuff was great. I Wanna Be Yours, Do I Wanna Know?, Fluorescent Adolescent, etc. They knew them all, because they're catchy, they're energetic and they're just all-round fun to listen to. The new stuff pleases nobody, in my opinion. It's too drab. I completely agree with the calls saying that it sounds like a side project, because it does. It just smacks of the lead singer/writer of any band thinking it's all about them and changing the direction of the music, almost treating everyone else as backing members.
Yeah I've listened to it three times now and the only songs I picked out from it were Body Paint and Hello You, mainly due to the production.
The lyrics are pretty bad on most of the album and it sounds like they're auditioning to do a Bond theme.
The lyrics are pretty bad on most of the album and it sounds like they're auditioning to do a Bond theme.
That's exactly what my mate, who is madly into the band, said. Basically sounds like rejected Bond themes according to him.
These guys were such a breath of fresh air back in the day. Alex Turner was supposed to be this indie kid who was obsessed with Hip Hop. That was an unusual combination and gave a them a really cool, original sound.
All the recent stuff is so fecking dull.
All the recent stuff is so fecking dull.
Challenge. Accepted.Ok so after a full days listen, I think this will be something I keep on rotation for a while because I like the chilled vibe but yeah, the lyrics are absolutely atrocious and The Car has to be one of the worst songs I've ever heard and Mr Schwarz... what the feck is it even about
But with that said, Sculptures, Hello You and Big Ideas are excellent along with the 3 singles and Jet Ski is also ok... so that's 7 tracks out of 10 that I quite enjoy.
This definitely is nowhere close to TBH&C and Turner is at his pretentious limit here. I honestly think I would prefer an instrumental version of this album.
Big fan of this new album
True, the lyrics dominate the album to the point where if you told me it was an Alex Turner solo album propped up by studio musicians I'd go, right you are old chuck. Right you are.
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Even on AM Turner had changed his vocal style and sounded like a shit Elvis when he performed it live. It was a good album to listen to but the songs were boring live for the most part.
Have only heard bits and bobs of the last album but it seemed like it was trying too hard to be a clever concept album and it felt boring musically to me. Disappointed to hear this is more of the same because Turner has shown he can certainly write a tune and his band can play too if he lets them.
Have only heard bits and bobs of the last album but it seemed like it was trying too hard to be a clever concept album and it felt boring musically to me. Disappointed to hear this is more of the same because Turner has shown he can certainly write a tune and his band can play too if he lets them.
Lovely album.
I find it strange how some people who don't like it (which is fine) feel the need to attack the band (who aren't allowed to evolve, for the most part, apparently) or the people who do like it (you're a hipster if you do, it would seem).
I find it strange how some people who don't like it (which is fine) feel the need to attack the band (who aren't allowed to evolve, for the most part, apparently) or the people who do like it (you're a hipster if you do, it would seem).
I agree with this. For me, I just wish there lyrics were better. That's all really. Enjoy the chilled vibe, the arrangements, the duration etc.
His voice has become almost impossible to listen to without wanting to put your foot through a lamp.
Certainly is becoming an acquired taste, though his range is impressive at times
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Hmm..
it’s a bit dull isn’t it? It’s musically quite good but there’s nothing exciting. Obviously a follow up to Tranquility base hotel and casino but that had 4/5 brilliant tracks. Star Treatment had so many popping lyrics. Four out of Five and the title track had banging choruses too. The instrumentals were loud.
This one is a bit weak with stand out lyrics. It also feels like Alex Turner singing over instrumentals. His voice takes over the whole record more or less.
It’s the kind of album you release in your 60’s as a solo project when you no longer care about making any money and just want to do your own thing.
Not been a great month for albums really, Slipknot and Architects also released rather meh albums.
it’s a bit dull isn’t it? It’s musically quite good but there’s nothing exciting. Obviously a follow up to Tranquility base hotel and casino but that had 4/5 brilliant tracks. Star Treatment had so many popping lyrics. Four out of Five and the title track had banging choruses too. The instrumentals were loud.
This one is a bit weak with stand out lyrics. It also feels like Alex Turner singing over instrumentals. His voice takes over the whole record more or less.
It’s the kind of album you release in your 60’s as a solo project when you no longer care about making any money and just want to do your own thing.
Not been a great month for albums really, Slipknot and Architects also released rather meh albums.
Craig David - 22... What an album!
I quite like it. I’d probably put it as their weakest album (or at least close to Suck it and See) but it certainly isn’t bad. It’s a fairly big drop off from Tranquility Base but I like that album a lot, then AM which for me was a masterpiece.
Body Paint and I Ain’t Quite Where I Think I Am are both very good tracks on there still.
