Arctic Monkeys - The Car (October 21,2022) Album • Page 6

been going back over the discography. still not wild about the debut except for the last few numbers. the first 7 songs on FNW is a relentless stretch.. after that it gets patchy for me until TBHC, which is what finally got me onboard in the first place

 

they have always thrived in that mid to low tempo lane. Every record I’m always looking for those tracks. “Riot Van”, “505”, “Do Me a Favour”, “Only Ones Who Know”, “No Buses”, “Cornerstone”, “Love is a Laserquest”, “No. 1 Party Anthem”, “I Wanna Be Yours”, “There’d Better Be a Mirrorball”, the entirety of TBHC.

 

Is also like to point what an incredible year Domino Records is having. Good lord.

arctic monkeys
animal collective
wet leg
sorry
panda bear & sonic boom
hot chip
alex g
ela minus
braxe and falcon

 

Four Out of Five was a standout on the last album, so it makes sense that it was the lead single. But this new one doesn't sound like a standout

 

i wouldn’t say four out of five was the standout last album, it was just the most radio friendly.

 

Wet Leg, too.

 

yeah jack it up like 25bpm and you've got a classic Arctic Monkeys kinda riff already, of course that was the single

 

Yea damn. Absolutely. And Animal Collective. Fixed

 

just realized I didnt own SIAS and AM so I had to change that

 

Playing in Brooklyn on 9/22 at King's Theater.

 

If t swift has taught me anything with her recent work, I think the answer to this is yes

 

I saw a truly terrible top ten Arctic Monkeys list so I’m inspired to do my own. Stand by.

 

1. Riot Van
2. 505
3. Cornerstone
4. Do Me a Favour
5. Love is a Laserquest
6. Star Treatment
7. A Certain Romance
8. One Point Perspective
9. Florescent Adolescent
10. Mardy Bum

HM: A View from the Afternoon, She’s Thunderstorms, Only Ones Who Know, The Ultracheese

 

they don't get enough credit for never making the same album twice tbf

I saw them play an outdoor show to 20000 people on the Favourite Worst Nightmare tour and it would have been so easy for them to coast from there but they didn't and I respect them for that

 

I think you could make the argument that Favourite Worst Nightmare is their Room on Fire. It’s pretty similar to the debut but might have the higher ceiling, the 4 best songs on that record are all in my top 15 AM songs.

 

I think the first two are fairly similar, as are Humbug and SIAS…not identical but the comparisons are there

 

yeah I get that but they pushed things forward enough the similarities only go so far, imo

 

For sure. I think they’ve operated in 3 phases so far, I’d put the first 2 in phase 1, humbug through am in phase 2 and now phase 3.

 

SIAS is a lot more pop than Humbug but otherwise i agree

 

reconnecting with the back catalogue and re-evaluating Tranquility Base over the past week or so has been a lot of fun, thought they'd lost me but I'm all the way back in

 

what if miles kane is on the album

 

god I hope not lol

 

inevitable lol

 

The Brooklyn show is being recorded and filmed

 

knew it. the 'no phones' rule seemed odd for them so this makes sense