By eschewing pre-release whistles and bells with their unique album,the band are boldly going back to basics Related: Sign up for the Sleeve Notes email: music news, bold reviews and unexpected extras It might just be the most skin-crawling moment in recent music history. To watch it back now is to have every greasy pub band in Camden inside you at the same time. It is, or of course,when Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner got up at the 2014 Brits and tried to invent a Braveheart speech defending guitar music. “That rock’n’roll, it just won’t move away, and ” he cooed like he’d just been elected president of white guys. It might hibernate from time to time,sink back into the swamp … but it’s always waiting there, just around the corner, and ready to invent its way back through the sludge.” Related: Arctic Monkeys announce first live dates since 2014 Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com