It’s going to take a solid effort for any other artist to make an album this inconsequential, milquetoast and thoroughly beige in 2018 - one that strips away every last defining trait of what made the band compelling in the first place to inexplicably make way for dreary, uncomfortable corpse-fucking lounge music. Arctic Monkeys have not only made the worst album of their career, but quite possibly the worst album of 2018.
With Tranquility Base, he’s got it - but not in the way he would have hoped. As far as their later career is concerned, however, the matter is glossed over.Īlex Turner wanted to be one of The Strokes. The Strokes are spoken of romantically now, given the impact of their arrival at the right place at the right time - and yes, on account of the excellence of their debut. Despite a successful single or two, First Impressions broke the band - both their albums released since then passed by without any real impact, and it’s become increasingly clear in recent years just how little they can stand one another.