Premature Evaluation: Arctic Monkeys Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, the sixth Arctic Monkeys album, opens with tinkly pianos, brushed drums, murmuring vintage synths, and this line: "I just wanted to be one of the Strokes / Now look at the mess you made me make." Alex Turner delivers it in a quavery, knowingly drunk open-shirt-collar slur, his voice slathered…
Brooklyn Vegan — Arctic Monkeys' highly anticipated first album in five years, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, comes out this Friday (5/11) via Domino and its release will be celebr... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — Arctic Monkeys opened with an onslaught of classics, before easing the crowd into the new sound of Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino, their first album in five years.
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Guardian Music — Channelling Serge Gainsbourg and the Beach Boys, the Arctic Monkeys move on from stadium indie in a smart album that sees Alex Turner wearing a constant smirk“I jus... more info
Stereogum — Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, the sixth Arctic Monkeys album, opens with tinkly pianos, brushed drums, murmuring vintage synths, and this line: "I just wanted to be on... more info