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Pretentious self indulgent shite
Nothing can beat "I wanna be your vacuum cleaner".Ok so after a full days listen, I think this will be something I keep on rotation for a while because I like the chilled vibe but yeah, the lyrics are absolutely atrocious and The Car has to be one of the worst songs I've ever heard and Mr Schwarz... what the feck is it even about
I like that song but more importantly it's a cover of a John Cooper Clarke poemI wanna be your vacuum cleaner
TBH&C: What do you mean you've never seen Blade Runner?The lyrics are the main downgrade from TBH&C. That album was packed with weirdly meme-able lines that lodged themselves in my head, right from the opening "I just wanted to be one of The Strokes....". Here, not so much.
But on the plus side, this album is moody, pretty and Bowie. You could easily slot a cover of a song like "Where Are We Now?" straight into the tracklist.
Had several 'debates' with these type of fans. They'd say it was amazing if it was Alex Turner banging a spoon on a radiator for 40mins with some of these lyrics chucked in for good measure.I think the hipster opinion is to say you love the new direction of the band and artists should be allowed to evolve and all that. And I do get that you can't just do the same sort of album over and over.
But I think it's just utter shite, the last two albums. Boring lounge jazz music as Alex Turner club singer style croons over the top, every song sounds the same.
Obviously they couldn't still be doing songs about going to indie discos in 2022 but it just feels like such a downgrade from what they used to do. If they'd started out as the band they are now they wouldn't have been popular.
So heavily echoes criticism directed at Radiohead circa the turn of the century. The reality is not every music fan wants banging tunes and DJ sets. But for those who do want more straightforward indie rock there's plenty out there already.Absolutely god damn awful record just like the last one.
You're a rock and roll / indie band. Give the fans what they want instead of this piano lounge Jazz nonsense. No choruses to sing, nothing to dance to with your mates. Boring.
That's certainly true. But then most of the great music that's released every year has a tiny fraction of their popularity too. Mass appeal isn't exactly 1-to-1 with quality.I think the hipster opinion is to say you love the new direction of the band and artists should be allowed to evolve and all that. And I do get that you can't just do the same sort of album over and over.
But I think it's just utter shite, the last two albums. Boring lounge jazz music as Alex Turner club singer style croons over the top, every song sounds the same.
Obviously they couldn't still be doing songs about going to indie discos in 2022 but it just feels like such a downgrade from what they used to do. If they'd started out as the band they are now they wouldn't have been popular.
On Big Ideas I think there's a lyric like "had a great idea the band was excited... But I can't for the life of me remember what it was" or something to that effect... Very apt for this albumAM is my favourite album followed by the first two in chronological order.
Humbug and SIAS were good but not great.
The last one and this one is just not my cup of tea.
Quite amusing choice of direction too from a guy who once wrote 'you're not from San Francisco, you're from Hunters Bar'. Maybe he should have listened to his own advice.
100% but I would argue it goes further than that. The whole band are pretty redundant in this. This should have been a side project by Alex for the fans who think he walks on water.The drummer in particular just sounds completely neutered and under used on these last two albums.
I think when Turner pitched Tranquility the band felt he should do it solo but in the end, they wanted those £'s.100% but I would argue it goes further than that. The whole band are pretty redundant in this. This should have been a side project by Alex for the fans who think he walks on water.
They've made some great records in their defence and I can understand not wanting to repeat the same formula but lounge Jazz is not for me. It's utter dross for live tours too. People won't be paying £100 to hear the new stuff.
I honestly think this album would have been better as an instrumental.I found it more sonically interesting than their last album but there isn't enough exploration of the beats and such. It's too dominated the vocalist and the lyrics are mid at best.
It feels like a Bowie impersonation but nowhere near as interesting as a Bowie album.
I think this is it for me. I've only just started to get into them as I wasn't keen on them first time around and...there's so much other great music out there that I never, ever felt like I was missing much. I can take my time now exploring some of their much older stuff without any hype and appreciate how good a lot of it is. 'Leave Before The Lights Come On' is just absolutely brilliant, imo.Absolutely god damn awful record just like the last one.
You're a rock and roll / indie band. Give the fans what they want instead of this piano lounge Jazz nonsense. No choruses to sing, nothing to dance to with your mates. Boring.
That's exactly what my mate, who is madly into the band, said. Basically sounds like rejected Bond themes according to him.Yeah I've listened to it three times now and the only songs I picked out from it were Body Paint and Hello You, mainly due to the production.
The lyrics are pretty bad on most of the album and it sounds like they're auditioning to do a Bond theme.
Challenge. Accepted.Ok so after a full days listen, I think this will be something I keep on rotation for a while because I like the chilled vibe but yeah, the lyrics are absolutely atrocious and The Car has to be one of the worst songs I've ever heard and Mr Schwarz... what the feck is it even about
But with that said, Sculptures, Hello You and Big Ideas are excellent along with the 3 singles and Jet Ski is also ok... so that's 7 tracks out of 10 that I quite enjoy.
This definitely is nowhere close to TBH&C and Turner is at his pretentious limit here. I honestly think I would prefer an instrumental version of this album.
Nah... The Car is far worse than thatChallenge. Accepted.
Shhh... (I do quite like it too!)Big fan of this new album
True, the lyrics dominate the album to the point where if you told me it was an Alex Turner solo album propped up by studio musicians I'd go, right you are old chuck. Right you are.I found it more sonically interesting than their last album but there isn't enough exploration of the beats and such. It's too dominated the vocalist and the lyrics are mid at best.
It feels like a Bowie impersonation but nowhere near as interesting as a Bowie album.
I agree with this. For me, I just wish there lyrics were better. That's all really. Enjoy the chilled vibe, the arrangements, the duration etc.Lovely album.
I find it strange how some people who don't like it (which is fine) feel the need to attack the band (who aren't allowed to evolve, for the most part, apparently) or the people who do like it (you're a hipster if you do, it would seem).
Certainly is becoming an acquired taste, though his range is impressive at timesHis voice has become almost impossible to listen to without wanting to put your foot through a lamp.
Craig David - 22... What an album!Not been a great month for albums really, Slipknot and Architects also released rather meh albums.
I quite like it. I’d probably put it as their weakest album (or at least close to Suck it and See) but it certainly isn’t bad. It’s a fairly big drop off from Tranquility Base but I like that album a lot, then AM which for me was a masterpiece.Lovely album.
I find it strange how some people who don't like it (which is fine) feel the need to attack the band (who aren't allowed to evolve, for the most part, apparently) or the people who do like it (you're a hipster if you do, it would seem).
Craig David - 22... What an album!