{"id":4269,"date":"2018-05-17T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scadradio.org\/?p=4269"},"modified":"2018-05-17T00:14:38","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T00:14:38","slug":"arctic-monkeys-album-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scadradio.org\/2018\/05\/17\/arctic-monkeys-album-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Arctic Monkeys Invite You to Stay at Tranquility Base Hotel &#038; Casino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>5 years after the smashing success of <em>AM<\/em>, Arctic Monkeys return with a strange celestial commentary. It seems like lead singer, Alex Turner, has spent the past half-decade keeping a keen eye on modern society, along with watching more than a few sci-fi movies. Full of imaginative diction, <em>Tranquility Base Hotel &amp; Casino<\/em> centers around a fictitious lunar lodge as the front man goes off on everything wrong with his life and modern society. Yanking the listener right in with the somber declaration \u201cI just wanted to be one of the Strokes\u201d, the band starts off the first few tracks looking at the current state of their lives and the world through pessimistic eyes. At its core, the album is driven by the complex lyrical narrative. The simple yet effective production consists only of basic drum taps and simple riffs, which fit well with Turner\u2019s ominously gentle vocals.<\/p>\n<p>The album hints at an exodus down on planet Earth, with \u201cScience Fiction\u201d dropping a line about a Terminator-style machine uprising, a brilliant metaphor for how the group thinks technology is dragging down the human race. Because of this, we are confined to living on the moon. The trippy standout \u201cFour Out Of Five\u201d serves as an advertisement for the titular hotel. Very slow in tempo (much like the rest of the album), the concept of the hotel itself is explored through consumerism, opening with the usual \u201cstart your free trial today\u201d and closing with repetitive assurances the hotel is worth it, scoring a \u201cfour stars out of five\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In a theme that\u2019s been seen so much in music lately, the Arctic Monkeys get political on \u201cGolden Trunks\u201d. The title leads into comparing the U.S. president to something as fake and cartoony as the WWE. It\u2019s also obvious Turner isn\u2019t a fan of politicians flipping their stances on issues, calling them \u201cBendable figures with a fresh new pack of lies\u201d. At this point, taking jabs at the leader of this country is practically a given, but the song seems necessary to include for the purposes of the album\u2019s concept.<\/p>\n<p>Any cynical breakdown on the modern culture isn\u2019t complete without a bashing the negative effects of technology. In that light, Turner rants like a baby boomer at the Thanksgiving table: \u201cShe Look Like Fun\u201d paints the Internet as a dog-eat-dog world where anyone can say anything, and \u201cBatphone\u201d disses the general public\u2019s reliance on cell phones. It\u2019s an angry but realistic portrayal, and a fitting piece to the general idea of <em>Tranquility Base<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Arctic Monkeys\u2019 new LP is a very different approach from what we\u2019re used to seeing from the band. Gone are the days of headbanger anthems that popularized the group, so longtime fans may be understandably disappointed by the slow and at times, similar-sounding songs. However, <em>Tranquility Base Hotel &amp; Casino<\/em> dips into a new side of the British rockers\u2019 catalog. As an album driven by the lyrics, this seems to have more depth than their older works. 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