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alexturne · 2 years

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Five-star review of the Brooklyn show on NME, posted on 23.09.22

"Arctic Monkeys live in Brooklyn: their next era has truly begun

Kings Theater, September 22: The Sheffield band give live debuts to three new songs at their first US headline show in several years

The rules for the evening are simple: no cellphones, no recording, and no preconceived notions except for a few. Arctic Monkeys are back in New York City, playing a headline show for the first time since 2018, and since they’ve teased tracks from their upcoming album ‘The Car’, in the month leading up to the show, there’s a chance lucky sold-out ticket holders are about to experience new songs live for the first time that only their memory will play witness to.

Moments after the band walks onto the stage to the applause of 3,000 punters, the mood is set. “Don’t get emotional, that ain’t like you / Yesterday’s still leaking through the roof”, Alex Turner sings to the delight of onlookers. It’s the first time the band has performed the song live, yet the audience sings along to every word of ‘There’d Better be A Mirroball’, hitting each note of the sultry track as if it’s a worn-in single. As the track’s title rings through the historic theatre at the final refrain, a massive disco ball lowers from the ceiling, transforming the Brooklyn venue with the flickering lights of a ’70s lounge.

Their most recent shows have largely been festival sets, and by the looks of the smiles Turner exchanges with bandmates Matt Helders, Jamie Cook, and Nick O’Malley, they’re happy to be playing to a room of their own die-hard fans. The crowd, ready to time travel to the band’s earliest hits and hopefully sink their ears into unreleased sounds, responds ecstatically to each moment. As the opening keys of ‘Tranquility Base…’s ‘One Point Perspective’ play, fans sway in unison, and the band grins from ear to ear.

As ‘Snap Out Of It’ kicks off, it’s safe to say the band could go on without performing any new tracks, and the audience would be happy to play along. ‘AM‘ era hits, ‘Arabella’ and ‘Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High’, light up the audience before ‘The Ultracheese’ sparks delight. But the real treats comes next, as the band rolls out another new track.

“So predictable, I know what you’re thinking”, Turner accuses in the slow-burning guitar-backed, ‘Body Paint’. “Still a trace of body paint around your legs, your arms, and your face,” he sings. At the close, he reiterates the name of the song, a warning shot of what could be the next single in ‘The Car’ era.

The forward-facing moment quickly falls backwards into ‘Brianstorm’, ‘Potion Approaching’ and ‘That’s Where You’re Wrong’, distracting fans with the Monkeys’ stacked discography before there’s time to overthink the new track. ‘Do I Wanna Know?’ goes off like a firework, shooting through the cathedral-esque ceilings the moment the opening guitar riffs are recognized.

‘I Ain’t Quite Where I Think I Am’, a fresh track from ‘The Car’ the band has only played a handful of times is met with familiarity in the tight-knit crowd. Next, in a surprise moment, the band throws ‘From the Ritz to The Rubble’ to the setlist, with Turner saying “We weren’t planning on doing this one,” right before it begins. The night seems to peak at ‘I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor’ and ‘R U Mine?’ towards the end of the set, but those high-octane moments are quickly overshadowed once the band comes back to the stage for the encore.

Standing alone, with only a spotlight and keys to keep him company, Tuner introduces ‘Mr Schwartz’ for the first time, a steadily building ballad with stirring visuals of “dancing shoes” and “velvet suits”, and the keen awareness that there’s “not one Goddamn thing you can do.” Before the final curtain call, the band turns the typical upbeat encore on its head, leaving fans with the heartfelt humming tracks ‘Cornerstone’ and ‘505’ before walking away.

The evening feels like evidence of a few truths. The first being that without cellphones, you can convince a crowd to be present for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The second being that through their discography, the Sheffield band have slowly embodied a sort of timelessness, not just in their homages to retro sounds, but in the way each era of their music, with its unmatched lyricism and refusal to rest on its laurels, somehow connects to seamlessly to the next.

The paramount truth, however, is that despite the earnest desire of some fans and critics for them to lean back into the sounds of their bygone eras, the band is highly skilled at evolving while also paying respect to their roots. Not a soul witnessing these special moments could say any different."

#arctic monkeys #alex turner #matt helders #jamie cook #nick o'malley #am7 #the car

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lilacrespite · 10 months

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mason gooding. he/him. cis man. › spotted at the met steps , kahlil louis , most likely listening to love is a laserquest by arctic monkeys with their airpods pro . the twenty six year old gained quite a reputation , known to be -audacious yet +romantic to anyone who knows them . you'll easily spot them when you hear about handmade bouquets, handwritten letters including pressed flowers resembling receiver, and putting pieces of a broken heart back together like its a puzzle , followed by baccarat rouge 540 and cigarette smoke . latest nepoupdates article talks about the drummer of kahlil's band leaving because kahlil slept with their ( now ex ) girlfriend ( true :/ ) , but i guess any reputation is good reputation .

━━━━━━━━━ ☔️ B A S I C S :

full name: kahlil malcolm louis

nickname(s): n/a

age: twenty - six .

ethnicity: biracial

gender: cis man .

pronouns: he / him .

orientation: heterosexual / heteroromantic .

occupation: lead singer / guitarist of the band despair in the departure lounge .

language(s) spoken: english .

career claim: d4vd, the 1975, the neighbourhood

━━━━━━━━━ ☔️ P E R S O N A I L I T Y : tw, child neglect

a loverboy fr. wears his heart on his sleeve all the time and he may tell you a joke but he’d never tell you a lie. doesn’t see the point in lying, so don’t trust him with your secrets, he will not keep them. he thinks we should all just be open and honest and have more conversations with one another and be present and get off our phones and just love. yeah, he’s one of those. romantic in every sense of the word, treats his life like he’s the main character and carries out huge impulsive gestures bc yolo yknow? do it for the story, do it for the song inspo. he thinks entirely with his heart so he’ll do things ( like sleeping with his drummers gf ) because how can you walk away from your heart? if it’s right, you never know what could come from it :/ live for the now deal with the consequences later. which is so funny considering he has a moral superiority complex, because he’s such a lover he think he’s the best kind of person. so empathetic , so compassionate, on a different wave length. if he does something wrong in the name of love then its not actually wrong because it’s love :/ how can love be wrong :/ he wouldn’t be mad if you did it to him. it’s content honestly.

━━━━━━━━━ ☔️ B A C K G R O U N D :

as the child of a renowned and beloved actor (think samuel l. jackson-esque), kahlil’s father didn’t know how to handle the new influx of money and attention. kahlil’s grandfather found his success later in his life, the family depending on his grandmother’s income and the few acting jobs and side work kahlil’s grandfather managed to find while his children grew up. his kids couldn’t help but feel a little jaded watching their mother work so hard while their father didn’t seem to be pitching in as much, but kahlil’s grandfather was a firm believer that dreams were worth fighting for, and sacrificing for; he was there for his kids in the place that mattered most and he wanted to become successful to prove to them that they too can do whatever they want and once he got his big break there was no looking his back.

already a college student by the time his father made it big, kahlil’s father didn’t know what to do with the sudden attention, and large deposits into his account. it was the kind of money he didn’t think he’d ever seen in his lifetime, and what started as innocent spending and excited spoiling quickly spiraled into a full blown problem. it didn’t seem to matter what the product was, the more expensive, the more lavish the better. he began accepting invitations to parties his parents and his father’s team told him not to, allowing people to pay him for appearances that went against his father’s brand and image just so he had more money to spend. though his spending he met kahlil’s mother, an addict who looked to kahlil’s father as a big pay out. kahlil’s father was never interested in the drugs and the alcohol but he was very interested in kahlil’s mother and he’d do anything to impress her even if it meant being an unwilling participant in her drug habit. eventually, it got to the point where his father cut him off completely.

it took kahlil being born for his grandfather to want to reconnect and give his son another chance, but with strict restrictions. all the funds and gifts he’d give, part of it was meant to go into a trust for kahlil and the rest of it was meant to be spent on kahlil. by the time kahlil was three, his grandparents knew thats not what his father was doing. kahlil was heavily neglected, only getting just enough attention to survive and not much else. there wasn’t much of a battle, but after taking his own son to family court his grandfather got custody of him and cut his father off once again. ignoring the way his son went on multiple reality shows and talk show slandering his name and focused on giving kahlil the life he wanted to give his son. kahlil’s father went on to have two more children, trying to get his father to reconnect again but his grandfather simply took custody of those children too and left their father to deal with the consequences of his own actions.

in his grandfather’s care kahlil was in great care. he was shrouded in love and support while simultaneously being pushed to find the thing he loved and to pursue it to the highest degree. his grandfather quickly became his best friend. they talked about everything and his grandfather really taught him how to be in tune with his emotions and not be ashamed or embarrassed of him, to ask for help when he needs it, and never feel ashamed for being in pain. as he grew older, kahlil could tell these were lessons he wished he’d taught his father and was trying to fix what he felt he broke with his own son but he didn’t feel used because of it. In his own weird way it helped him feel closer to his father.

in a weird way, kahlil admired the way his father loved his mother. in his very underdeveloped brain at the time, it read like unconditional love. and at the end of the day, he believed all anyone wanted was love and that looked different for everybody else. he hoped he’d never love someone enough to let go of their kids because of it, but there was a part of him that wondered what it would be like to love and be loved like that. it led him to become obsessed with being in love in passionate, brief spurts of time but always cutting it off before it could get too serious, before it could consume them completely.

learned bouquet making and garden tending from his grandma and still keeps up with it today. finds it very therapeutic.

━━━━━━━━━ ☔️ H E A D C A N O N S :

he’s a brit for the joke of it all. also i love she’s american and need him to be a brit for that song to work. he also hates america. like damn he hates america so bad and i think its funny he’s stuck here for rp purposes.

there was a point where he wanted to be just like his grandfather and even tried acting was abysmal at it. truly embarrassing. there’s still some footage of him out there being horrific at it and he’d rather it be burned. but he was also a band kid (drum line shoutout) and instruments were something he excelled at. he taught himself piano and after winning his 10th grade talent show by singing critical by the jonas brothers from the hit tv show jonas l.a. he knew music was what he wanted to do.

on the topic of the jonas brother, he is in fact a stan. was their number one fan growing up and honestly? still is. he wanted to be nick jonas so bad. originally wanted the band to be called “a little bit longer” in honor of nick jonas’ diabetes but his bandmates wanted the arctic monkeys reference :/

has a lot of unresolved abandonment issues bc of his mother’s addiction and his father’s commitment to her despite it so he writes a lot of songs about it. mainly from her perspective so it’s led a lot of misunderstanding on whether or not he himself is an addict, he’s not but will only clear up a rumor if he’s explicitly asked bc he thinks its obvious he isnt (its not obvious)

covers lovebug by the jonas brothers at damn near every show you can not get this man out of his jonas brothers stage

has a conversation pit in his home, very proud of it, it’s his prized possession. Forces his friends into it whenever he gets the chance and yes he is that annoying fucker who brings his guitar. anyway here’s wonderwall headass.

really big into photography, doesn’t go anywhere without his camera.

LOVES getting tattoos. started to learn how to do stick and pokes when he was 16 and that’s actually how he got into drawing so he draws a lot of his own tattoos too.

━━━━━━━━━ ☔️ W A N T E D C O N N E C T I O N S :

has been in one long term relationship, like 2-4 years long at the very start of his career so like 18/19 but he was just coming up in the industry and was super busy and constantly hanging back so that they could call or chat so eventually felt like the relationship was holding him back and called it quits. maybe even cheated so this could be a two part con but either way he still writing music about it to this day.

the ex drummer whose gf he slept with bc funny UFGHDIJSOFKLDIOSDL

any current band members gang gang

roomies!!!!! 2-3 maybe he lives with said band who knows

theres one femme artist they collab with consistently bc the band knows hes a hoe so they limited it to one he wouldn’t try to fall in love with :/ so its the one relationship he got that is actually strictly professional JUFIJDKOSFIFJDKOSL

#nepofm.intro #im cutting myself off fr #THIS IS IT #NO MORE

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soldier-requests · 3 months

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Hi! Could I ask for some song recs for a carnivore monsterkin? I have cryptid vibes in a more creepy way, hunting people and other animals (I was the stalker/ambush type of hunter, but wild chases and other styles are great with me too, so please don't feel constrained by the type)

I'd love it if there were some themes of hunting, horror-esque stuff, consuming, can be any genre, can be both on the calm side and on the wilder one!

Songs I like with this or similiar vibe would be, for example:

Beast and Teeth by 8 graves, outer science, the wolf by siames, voracity, bad blood by creature feature

Thank you if you do it, don't feel forced if you don't vibe with the themes though! <3

Hello!! I think I leaned towards more horror and consuming/cannibal-esque stuff, so hopefully you'll find some things you like! :D.

this one is a bit longer, so i put them under a cut 👍.

songs go like "song" + "artist"

"Smells Blood" + "Kensuke Ushio"

"Behind The Scene" + "Kensuke Ushio"

"Final Girl" + "Graveyardguy" and "Slayyyter"

"DEATHWISH" + "poutyface"

"You Can't Hide" + "Ck9c" and "Elizabeth Ann"

"Murders" + "Miracle Musical"

"It's Playtime" + "MOB Games"

"MEAT GRINDER" + "japanesecoffee" and "Jerma985"

"Tear You Apart" + "She Wants Revenge"

"Vampires" + "Night Club"

"Schizophrenic" + "Night Club"

"Stranger" + "Spence Bare"

"The Masochism Tango" + "Tom Lehrer"

"Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" (Stereo Mix) + "Tom Lehrer"

"The Hunting Song" + "Tom Lehrer"

"Run, Rabbit Run!" + "Flanagan & Allen"

"Hide and Seek" + "Lizz Robinett"

"Hell and You" + "Amigo the Devil"

"IN MY MOUTH" + "Black Dresses"

"Animal Impulses" + "IAMX"

"Bloom" + "j^p^n"

"Magnum Force Theme" + "Lalo Schifrin"

"We're All Mad" + "The Circus Contraption Band"

"Let's Kill Tonight" + "Panic! At The Disco"

"Murder! Murder!" + "American Murder Song"

"Something Wicked (That Way Went)" + "Vernian Process"

"The Greatest Show Unearthed" + "Creature Feature"

"Sinister Exaggerator" + "The Residents"

"Insidious" + "joseph bishara"

"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (Theme) + "Scary Music Masters"

"Dreams" + "NERO" and "ZHU"

"Overlay of Evil" (Main Title) + "Harry Manfredini"

"We are Gods! We are Wolves!" + "Le Loup"

"Hunger Of The Beast" + "Cattera"

"I Am an Animal Cannibal" + "Mysteron"

"Entangled Life" + "Merlin Sheldrake" and "Cosmo Sheldrake"

"Counting Bodies Like Sheep To The Rhythm Of The War Drums" + "A Perfect Circle"

"She Wants Me Dead" + "CAZZETTE" and "AronChupa" and "The High"

"White Flag" + "Delta Heavy"

"My Demons" + "STARSET"

"Snap Out of It" + "Arctic Monkeys"

"Andromeda" + "Gorillaz" and "DRAM"

"Reflektor" + "Arcade Fire"

"No One Knows" + "Queens of the Stone Age"

"The Red" + "Chevelle"

"I Love You... I'll Kill You" + "Enigma"

"Every Breath You Take" + "The Police"

"Psycho Killer" (2005 Remaster) + "Talking Heads"

"Psycho Killer" + "The Wrecks"

"Artificial Flowers" + "Fangbanger"

"Eat Them" + "Lady Pills"

"Carnivore" + "OrgansDotOrg"

"Trypophobia" + "Sunrhythm"

"I Fink U Freeky" + "Die Antwoord"

"The Sound Of Your Fear" + "Midi Blossom"

"Cannibal Girlfriend" + "Baby Bugs"

"Run Run!" + "Jorge Aguilar II"

"Animal Skin" + "Bryan Dunn"

"The Axeman's Jazz" + "Reddie & Abel"

"In the House - In a Heartbeat - 28 Days Later" + "Extize"

"Circus" + "Lindsay Mendez" and "Drew Gasparini"

"Bottom of the River" + "Delta Rae"

"Cannibal Summer" + "Delilah Bon"

"People Eater" + "Sodikken"

"Cinnamon Bone" + "Eliza Rickman"

"Sociopath" + "StayLoose" and "Bryce Fox"

"flesh" + "babychaos"

"Human" + "Anavae"

"Pass The Knife" + "No/Me"

"Animal" + "Badflower"

"One Eye Open" + "Lola Blanc"

"Content" + "Gum Disease"

"Death" + "Æther Realm"

"Bloody! Bloody!" + "Junie & TheHutFriends"

"The Silent" + "The Tragic Tantrum"

"FALLEN ANGEL - second encounter" + "AZALI"

"Sympathy" + "LuLuYam"

"Are You Happy? (Questions)" + "Jhariah"

"Waiting For The Night" + "Ghost"

"Diet Soda" + "Starbenders"

"Blood" + "Starbenders"

"Animal" + "The Living Tombstone"

"Zombie" + "Siiickbrain"

"It Almost Worked" + "TV Girl"

"Floating" + "Glare"

"Burden" + "Midrift"

"Stockholm Syndrome" + "Muse"

"Jesus Dont Like That I'm Gay but Satans Cool With It" + "Lil Boodang"

"No Looking" + "Bloodbath64"

dividers from @/grungenglam and @/horangipilled

#playlists | ''This reminds me of someone...''#kin playlist #kin music #otherkin #monsterkin #cryptidkin #monster kin #cryptid kin #request accepted | ''Allons-y; Allonzo!''#anonymous request

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valentinesparda · 3 years

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📻 + Thomas Shelby? >:3

@light-nyagami how dare u. u come into MY inbox and ask ME to answer for the ONE MAN I DIDN’T WANNA ANSWER FOR--

....as if i don’t have a ship playlist. ugh okay i guess i’m outing myself with this one. shut up shut up shut up shut up--

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EMPIRE & THE SUN by THE MOTH AND THE FLAME

i was going to answer with “murder” by mako but um....we will touch on that at a later date. i could have also answered with “QUIXOTE [i am alone, and they are everyone]” by crywolf, which is where the ship tag name is from (”am i awake // i ask myself // who do you think you are?”), but hear me out for a second.

is now a good time to say that the arranged marriage thing is applied to thomas and aubrey? i feel like right now is a good time to admit to that. aubrey has spent several years working with the shelby family in their life and they fell very quickly, so when they end up taking lizzie’s place as tommy’s spouse? oh, they’re very scared because they assume tommy couldn’t give less than two shits about them. thomas does care, in his own way, but of course he is hesitant to really let anyone in after all that he’s experienced, all that he is a part of. it’s just getting to the point where the two of them converge in their approaches and thomas lets someone else in again that is the hard part.

since the show already has a pretty alternative rock-esque and indie inspired soundtrack (i fuckin see you with fka twigs and arctic monkeys on that shit mr knight), i wanted to keep in that vein with the ship playlist. i don’t entirely know how i want to explain this song, other than the little bits that feel like when you are taking a bath and put your head underwater, and how this song feels like a house that you occupy that still feels like you’re alone. self-isolation around other living bodies because of how much time you spend in your head.

These walls don't run from anything These walls don't run from anything They stand Still

thomas won’t let anyone in anymore. he has only ever been met with a slight against his ego at best and painfully being abandoned at worst. he will not budge against the coaxing of someone who genuinely cares and he will not actively go out of his way to enter into someone else’s world.

'Cause you're the Empire and the Sun You're the voice that calls me home And you're the place that makes me want to stay But your walls I cannot climb You are, you are

the chorus, the words of a man who knows that maybe this person that he is stuck with could possibly be a new beacon of light to him. they’re someone who gives him a small bit of hope and makes him feel something stirring within his heart at the darkest hours, but no matter how enticing the idea is, he is so exhausted that the idea of trying to reciprocate has him stalling in his tracks.

I'm a house on fire, and everyone is leaving I'm a house on fire, and everyone is leaving Me

calling into question how thomas feels about everyone around him, how he feels like no one is ever listening to him, how they don’t see that everything that he does is for them, the self-doubt tripping him over and over and hanging in his head like a spiderweb. his entire person is just a disaster, no one will ever love him the way that he wants to be loved--

I could never love someone who could love someone like me Someone like me Like me

and yet he will acknowledge that he knows aubrey does love him, albeit with words of doubt. how could anyone possibly love a man who knows that everything he touches ends up cursed, or dead, or leaves him? how could anyone possibly love a man who is just surrounded with death, and inflicts pain on people, endangers the ones he wants to keep close, makes deals that inevitably backfire on him?

how could he allow himself to love someone that wants that in their life? it’s disgust directed at himself through the disdain of someone else’s actions.

I could never love someone who could love someone like me Anyone falls, anyone falls They run away

these lines are actually playing over each-other, like they’re both calling and answering. he’s still disgusted, but....he could be vulnerable. he could fall again, or he could keep running.

and with aubrey’s unwavering patience and understanding, what do you think he chooses?

#asks #shallow tag #otp: am i awake #you broke me!! you did it!! you made me spill the beans!!#i am now going to make food and hide from my blog for like 30 minutes!!#light-nyagami

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heyyylittlemo · 4 years

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Ask game

1. Where did you hide the body??

Me: *pause* No, where did you hide the body—

*police stare at me with disbelief*

Me: there’s no—there’s not a single body here—well stop looking at me like that, you’re the cop! You should know! Why are you asking me for! Body? Whaaaaaat. Ahaha.

*cops shake head*

*whispers to my friend* Guys I think I pulled that one off

Police: you know we can hear everything you’re saying

me: 👁👄👁

2. Favorite rock? The 1975. Dominic Fike. Arctic Monkeys. Bad Suns. The killers. Pale Waves. Etc. That good good shit 👌

3. Most aesthetic season? Fall. Love them orange colors. The leaves falling. Though spring is also neat if you have a bunch of flowers bloomin in shit and winter is only aesthetic when it’s snowing. Boring ass summer tho just be heating me up.

4. When texting do u shorten words or spell out? I used to write stuff out all the time mostly but now it’s like half and half bcuz its just faster and nobody got time for it 🤣🤣

5. Vintage stuff? Hell yeah, but maybe not anything too expensive since some old stuff IS hyper expensive.

6. Colors that pop or blend? Not sure I understand what u mean abt them blending ahaha u mean like when they’re so similar to another?? Well I think it’s nice but honestly I prefer a pop and a bang, y’Know?

- At this moment I realized I was answering the last few questions from a completely different ask and felt like a dumbass 😂 anyways the actual number we’re on is three so imma just kickback

3. Worst dream u have ever had? I had sleep paralysis but was imbetween that and a lucid dream. At first I was paralyzed and could see my bed but my eyes felt closed and open at the same time?? A giant dark demon looking dog had towered over me and began to tear at my neck. It looked and felt very real I started to try to scream and it felt like a scream was coming out but no sound exited. Then I went into a lucid dream where I was being chased by this dog and running for my life I was running by and nobody could save me nobody in the dream when it caught up to me I was back in my bed and it was trying to eat me again. I was so terrified I couldn’t sleep for a whole week.

4. Lyric that comes to your mind? “And I don’t think I can be there. I’m paralyzed,I’m terrified of being alone. When you said I deserved what had happened.”

5. Blood make u uncomfortable? Yes, I passed out once when getting my finger pricked and a VERY small blood sample and another when dissecting a fish.

6. Even or odd numbers? Well I like the number 5,7,9, 3 so odd. (Like me 🤣🤣)

7. Something I hate that I love? Anything I’ve ever loved becuz love can be frustrating. Bruh.

8. 1st initial of someone I hate? Hmm...do I hate someone tho? Not that I can think of...

9. *Skipping down the lane* NOPE

10. Corn dogs? It’s funny cuz when I think of corn dogs my mind will always go to when we first moved to our current house because at our initial town we never had Sonic and while we were getting the house fixed up and moving stuff we use to always get Sonic since it was the closest to us most times to eat and that was a bunch of corn dogs and hotdog days 🤣 so thnk u corn dogs for ur service

11. I’m not a huge movie person so...I looked up movies from 2005 and movies Inlike from this time are Brokeback mountain bcuz it’s gay af, Shark Boy and Lava Girl damn I rewatched the shot out of it when I was younger, Narnia and the Chocolate Factory(although it low key creeped me out as a kid, and idk why).

12. Least fav music genre? Most country, most EDM, dubstep, screaming/really hard rock, some pop music, mumble raping.

13. As someone who waits on tables, my job is my least favorite restaurant experience 🤣🤣 just dealing with ppl...like ok, I’m half Hispanic right?? But I look white. Well, I work at a Mexican restaurant and so sometimes racist costumers will say shady shit just bcuz I guess they think it’s appropriate to say it to me just bcuz I’m not Hispanic in their eyes?? But it pisses me off and I feel like I can’t say anything without causing a drama which I hate and when the “costumers always right” it can be hard to budge and stand up and say “bitch wtf did u just say??” And there’s just folks who take things the wrong ways or ask too much at once or give u a hard time or just say something that sticks onto you for the whole day. One bad move can turn my whole day upside down.

14. 3 things never come near me? Cockroaches, Needles, and close mind ppl

15. Worst way to die? With regrets. Something really brutual, random, or where something just happened to go wrong (accident). Being killed by someone u love.

16. Unusual habits? Doing a Michael Jackson esque “hee-hee” after every sneeze I make, being extremely clumsy and making every task 100% more difficult, having the ability to talk as if I have an accent that comes from nowhere in particular just stupidity also I can’t speak my own language half the time 🙃getting words confused or misusing them in a sentence so I sound dumb having a very weird imagination and thoughts, I swear it like I never went to school and don’t know how the world works, plus many many more

17. Clothing style u want? I want to dress in a way that screams who I am and is a blend of both femininity and masculinity. A little vintage. Grunge. Urban maybe?? What do I know abt fashion 🤣🤣

18. Song or artist that deserves more? Dijon, hands down. I love his stuff. He’s like Frank Ocean meets light-singing beautiful lyricist with a more rock vibe?? Hidden gem. I also think Durand Jones & the Indications needs more love along with BadBadNotGood they sound like old-times but are new!! Oh, and Pale Waves is like a female The 1975 and kicks it. Bad Suns is a good alt rock band that no one seems to recognize :,D Toro y Moi too! His song with Flume “The difference “ is a banger!! Kid Cudi is my man when I want a blend of rock and rap. Also Dominic Fike,King Krule, and Roy Blair, who are all amazing!! Ok I need to stop 🛑

Duck I answered the past questions from a different post I’m sorry 😐

17. Emoji never used? There’s a bunch since I reuse the same over and over again. Lmao

18. 3 sentence Gatorade horror story? A faint quiver overtook the small freezer the Gatorade lay in; no one had come by in days, hours, weeks; when was the last time he met the lips of a thirsty body? They’d forgotten about him, as his last sips remained glued to his hollowing entrance. ‘Help, ‘it wanted to say, but it’s frozen lips could not be moved; It’d stay here, die here...just like the rest.” What am I doing with my life 🤣🙏

19. Do u know what an old bay is? A bay that is old? And old ocean? Idk!!!

20. Can u dance? Sometimes I dance when I’m alone but nothing spectral lol

21. What first comes to ur mind when u see ropes? 2 extremes. Sex and death. Hm. Ok. Moving on.

22. Make an obscure reference. “Even a bra couldn’t hold these nipples” *Holds a water gun to chest*

23. Fav balloon color? Pink or yellow.

24. If u were in court would u be innocent or guilty? Depends, what am I in court for 🤣 lmao jk honestly idk bcuz I don’t think I’d wind up in there

25. Are u hungry ? Nope

26. Unlucky number? Hm I don’t think so but I have a lucky number “123”

27. What’s “JMD”stand for? I’m guessing...Jamming my d—- 💀lol jk ahaha why am so dirt

28. Random inside joke? *chirpy squeak* I’m making a double batch of cookies

29. What sends chills up ur spine? Seeing disgust food or smell disgust or talking abt disgust things like gore

30. How many questions are in ur inbox? A pathetic zero ahaha no one want to ask me anything 😂

31. Someone real who scares u. 2 of my ex friends. One when I was 10 said disturbing things and I was kinda forced onto the friendship and everything they said make me fear for others lives...and then a different ex friend who seemed normal at 1st but became both low key psychopath cult leader type stuff and I booed out of there—-.

32. Run or hide? Uhh probably hide because I’d say even if ppl say “u can run but u can’t hide” u CAN just hide! that’s the point of hiding they not find u xD also why not combine them? Hide then run somewhere far away once I got them off the trial.

33. Last person who made u angry? A frickin beetle that flew at me and pinched me in the middle of singing in the shed xD also my autocorrect

34. What’s going on in ur head? I should probably pee soon—

35. Little thing that makes u Smile? A lot of little things bruh.

36. Are u a descisive person?

Not sure.

*pAuse *

Ok, I guess I’m not then 🤣

37. Would ppl say I’m paranoid? Hm maybe about certain things social situations, singing in front of others what ppl think abt me etc etc

38. Store least likely in? Any southern clothes shop, Abercrombie & Finch types shit, lol

39. Do I like hats fave type? Hm not wear many hats but I think they’re cool any type is cool for different ppl and their aesthetici just can’t rock a hat.

40. Bow ties or ties? Don’t really care but now want to see more bow ties

41. Who? You.

42. What? Reading this shit

43. Where? In ur ass

44. When? Now.

45. Why? Not even u know why.

46. How? We all want to know

47. Do u collect anything? Vinyl records.

48. What tome is it? Time to get a watch

49. Fav transportation? My car or walk is possible

50. Would u ever kill someone to save someone? Don’t want to think about that

51. Make a joke. Yo, it’s time to make a joke—so the other day I was working. And I was practicing my Spanish, yes? Anyone whose trying to learn anew language k n o w s that sometimes words can be so close to another u just confuse then! So apparently churros in Spanish is a desert but if u say it more harshly (it literally sounds almost the same) it makes a whole different meaning—diharrea, but like I didn’t know that so I legit just walked up to this person and asked if they would like some shit to eat. So yeah, that was great. Let’s not forget that I mixed up blood, watermelon, and sangria which is a wine. I legit once said I had mixed wine in my vines and another time watermelon 🤣

52. I’m really confused so I skip

53. Would ur dash be confiscated SFW? By dash do u mean this account? Um not 😬

54. Do I like to cuddle? Hell yeah and manhandle ppl all the time it’s my affection

55. What makes u angry? Close minded ppl or ppl who jump too fast to conclusions, strict schedules just dumb stuff that people try to force when I just want to be carefree 😭✌️

56. How many voices are in ur head? 😐

57. Do U consider urself mentally stable? 😐

58. Are u easily offended? Well U just called me mentally unstable and asked it there was voices in my head!!

59. What’s wrong with taking the backstreets? Uhm...

60. Any questions u want ppl to ask u? Nothing in particular but it’s be nice if someone care to ask me something abt me from personal question to my opinions on shit to 19 days fandom related junk 😌

Woooo I’ve finished this game! Thanks to @seiji-amasawa for introducing me to this ^^

#tag game #game #ask #19 days #19days

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reflektormag · 6 years

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Three Point Perspective: Arctic Monkeys Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

Freda Looker

The long-awaited Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino graced us with its epic release last Friday. Without a single released prior to the Monkey’s first San Diego show at The Observatory North Park since AM’s 2013 release, fans were left with the question of what the new era would sound like. With Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino finally being released, there are several themes that are spread throughout the tracks such as the importance of cell phones in modern society, and the effects of fame. ‘Star Treatment’ kicks off the album with Alex reflecting on his past times before the fame. Followed by ‘One Point Perspective’, a much darker track which seems to involve questioning fame once again and how it affects the band. Both ‘American Sports’ and ‘The Ultracheese’ from the very first second consist of Johnny Cash and Bowie’s spacey vibes. There’s no surprise that the band decided to incorporate a tad of Bowie in their new album after The Last Shadow Puppets decided to cover Bowie’s ‘Moonage Daydream’ during their Everything You’ve Come To Expect tour. The title track and ‘Science Fiction’ are lyrically the most creative listens. With lines such as, “Jesus in the day spa, filling out the information form’, and “Reflections in the silver screen of strange societies, swamp monster with a hard-on for connectivity”, reminding me of how much more lyrically impressive Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino is compared to AM. The transition specifically between ‘Golden Trunks’ and what seems to be most fan’s favoured track ‘Four Out of Five’ is a definite pick me up from ‘Golden Trunks’ dark political lines, “Bendable figures with a fresh new pack of lies” and a person’s blind devotion ‘“When true love takes a grip, it leaves you without a choice”. When the album’s titles were released ‘The World's First Ever Monster Truck Front Flip’ intrigued most. Assuming that there will be a heavy guitar riff or a similar AM ‘R U Mine?’ sound from the ‘roughness’ of the title was the complete opposite. What ‘The World's First Ever Monster Truck Front Flip’ brings is the most Suck It and See throwback feelings. The chorus throughout ‘She Looks Like Fun’ being the most intriguing with Alex referring to modern society scrolling through their Instagram feeds, “Good morning/Cheeseburger/Snowboarding”. ‘Batphone’ continues this theme of technology and how individuals aren’t living in ‘the reality’. Overall, it seems that opinions have been split from fans of AM’s 2013 era, but I personally am completely lyrically blown away from Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino’s entirety. It’s almost like a continuation of Everything You’ve Come To Expect with similar sounds of ‘The Bourne Identity’ and ‘Aviation’, but minus Miles. With new the additions of the piano, and synthesizers I believe that they have enhanced the new direction that the Monkey’s have stepped toward and I already can’t wait for what they’ll decide to make next.

Leila Ricca

Four out of five stars on Arctic Monkeys’ comeback ‘Tranquillity Base Hotel and Casino’

After five years of silence, the Arctic Monkeys make their much-awaited return with surprising and hypnotic ‘Tranquillity Base Hotel and Casino’. Perfectly managing to avoid self-parody or stylistic repetitions, this new album appears as a startling reinvention, a meandering and puzzling journey beyond known territories. Just like mankind first set foot on the moon on the ‘Tranquillity base’ site, the Arctic Monkeys disembark in an unknown universe in which they reveal a new, unexpected aspect of themselves.

It would be difficult to distinguish a single in this album: unlike 2013 structured indie rock success ‘AM’, ‘Tranquillity Base Hotel and Casino’ appears as a puzzle, a tangled enigma with no apparent solution, the value of which precisely resides in this sophisticated lack of clarity. As the album opens with the bewitching track ‘Star Treatment’, one is confounded in disorientation, before eventually letting the album settle a logic of its own. Some songs appear nearly unconstructed, yet simultaneously refined and complex, echoing the way in which the lyrics present a dense yet also elliptic unique form of prose, like a stream of consciousness, melodically unfolding itself. Turner’s deep and captivating voice strongly reminds of Gainsbourg’s early 70s half-spoken verses, sometimes erudite and poetic, sometimes full of derision, such as on the opening line of the album: ‘I just wanted to be one of the Strokes’. A sense of irony, or at least of strong self-awareness emerges throughout the tracks of the album, reflecting a conscious decision to move away from an older musical style that it would make no sense to replicate, in order to engage in a necessary and well-executed new path.

‘Tranquillity Base Hotel & Casino’ however seems to reflect Turner’s personal evolution more than it presents a real fruition of the Arctic Monkeys as a band, and the instrumentals, although displaying intense and elegant arrangements, create a harmonious echo to the vocals rather than they truly establish the band’s presence. The addition of the piano accompanying Turner’s reflective vocals partially replaces Helder’s vibrant drums that helped define the band’s early albums and marks a notable shift, both asserting a form of musical maturity, and avowing the forfeiture of a constitutive element of the band’s sound. ‘Tranquillity base hotel & casino’ seems to retain a sense of continuity with Turner’s side project The Last Shadow Puppets, and particularly of their 2016 album ‘Everything You’ve Come to Expect’, although it appears to be more intricate and subtle in many of its aspects. Final song ‘Ultracheese’ captures the best this album has to offer, presenting a rich and magnetic journey in this captivating new universe.

Despite its obviously divisive aspects, this album undeniably presents an extremely successfully crafted creation, a melodic and truly bewitching masterpiece. ‘Tranquillity Base Hotel & Casino’ reflects the Arctic Monkeys’ ability to transcend genres and provide their audience with impressive yet always effective transformations.

Sarah Beckford

The year is 2018 and the Arctic Monkeys have returned. To celebrate their return, they’ve given us their sixth record, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino. And yes, though it’s 2018, this album feels like it belongs right in between vinyl copies of the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds and David Bowie record. With this record, one has to remember this album isn’t the sequel to AM, nor it should it be viewed as its heir. This is a record that’s beyond its years that also dwells in the time before it, and it’s more conceptual than full story sometimes- nonetheless it’s still a record.

The album starts with ‘Star Treatment,’ a glittering Bowie-esque opening that’s chock full of jazz tones, vocal effects, and piano. Here, Alex Turner plays the reflective celebrity, singing in whispery echoed tones about how he wishes he was one of the Strokes, or just someone unforgettable. Peppered with pop culture references and metaphor, ‘Star Treatment’ is sultry and mysterious, as if Turner’s singing in dim light surrounded by fog and old-school movie lights.

After ‘Star Treatment’ is ‘One Point Perspective,’ has an opening much like the opening piano notes of Panic! At the Disco’s ‘Nine in the Afternoon,’ but has a much different mood than the aforementioned. This song instrumentally blends classical elements with lounge music and is reflective like the blues as Turner, or at least the song’s character laments former dreams and youthful aspirations. The music helps fill in the gaps on this track a great deal, as there are a number of instrumental breaks. The album then abruptly shifts into the spoken-word like ‘American Sports,’ is a veiled commentary on the similarities and differences between the fictional society described in the album and present-day- “Breaking news, they take the truth and make it fluid…A montage of the latest ancient ruins/Soundtracked by a chorus of "You don't know what you're doing"”.

The album’s title track is woozy and moody, and Turner uses his voice and volume to make for an interesting narration to the story presented in the song. He gives us a slightly morose and faraway idea of what exactly we’re supposed to visualize- as if we’re staring at Earth right from this supposed lunar resort’s call center. But Turner paints life there is not all that it’s what it’s cracked up to be as he sings, “And do you celebrate your dark side/Then wish you'd never left the house? /Have you ever spent a generation trying to figure that one out?”. ‘Golden Trunks,’ is possibly unintentional political commentary, but besides that, much like the rest of the album, it uses metaphor and lyric to graze pointed satire and musings about society, which is a prevalent theme on the album. It’s as if perpetually being in this world that Turner’s created moves one to think more and open up as well, considering this is the closest thing we have to a love song on this album.

Next is ‘Four Out of Five,’ which possibly wins the prize for fan favorite. ‘Four Out of Five’ is the grounding track, the one that sounds the most like the quintessential Arctic Monkeys we’re familiar with since the song is the perfect balance of mysterious but quotable lyrics, a catchy bassline, and an outro that drives one to hit the replay button. Lyrically, the song further explains the concept of Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino, while also leaving fans to wonder the intricacies of an information-action ratio, the idea that we have a myriad of information that we’ve no idea how to deal with. ‘The World’s First Ever Monster Truck Front Flip’ discusses the instantaneous nature of technology and Turner wonders if its effects are positive or not- and yes, the title of the song was somehow wonderfully in the lyrics, which is a feat all on its own. ‘Science Fiction’ asks for a lasting impression that might be temporary- “So I tried to write a song to make you blush/But I’ve a feeling that the whole thing/May well just end up too clever for its own good/The way some science fiction does”. ‘She Looks Like Fun’ is the most lyrically confusing yet genius track on the record, with a chorus so bizarre it almost makes sense, but doesn’t. The album closes with ‘The Ultracheese,’ a piano-heavy track that brings the album back to where it started- a reflection upon what’s been gained, lost, and blurred through celebrity and life in general. It’s a beautiful, downtempo ballad between a man, his mind, and his piano that provides a clearer close to a record that’s quite interesting.

With ‘Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino,’ Alex Turner and Co. are not here to make lovely ballads. If the Arctic Monkeys have been christened as indie-rock gods, then these gods are acting in their sovereignty to do as they please, not to save what’s in need to be saved. This is the Arctic Monkeys at their most honest, and even if this honesty is befuddling lyrically, it’s still honesty displayed in its most semi-autobiographical form.

#reviews #arcticmonkeys #sarahbeckford #leilaricca #fredalooker

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wip playlist for bad man/good father

here’s a list of songs i listen to while writing this. not all of them apply to donnie himself but they help me write soooooooo [ps, i put all the arctic monkeys songs on one line because i basically just listen to arctic monkeys... ditto for johnny cash. i also use a lot of these for writing for him anyway, outside of this story. ANYTHING COWBOY-ESQUE I USE FOR HIM.]

jackie and wilson - hozier

do i wanna know? / arabella / knee socks / 505 / r u mine? - arctic monkeys

breezeblocks / left-hand free / taro - alt-j

through the valley - shawn james

me, myself & i - g-eazy & bebe rexa

wild - k.s rhoads & adam jones

fuck me up / mom / lydia / my name is human / bath salts / bloodfeather / wolf / send me an angel / little one / - highly suspect

ain’t no grave / god’s gonna cut you down / ring of fire - johnny cash

way down we go - kaleo

let it go / prey / daddy issues / baby came home / sweater weather - the neighbourhood

problem - natalia kills

addicted - saving abel

devil’s backbone - the civil wars

dig two - the band perry

[idk why but ye]

#this is a wip tbh #donald pierce #why did i almost write alexander pierce #@ me wtf #playlist

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alexturne · 2 years

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Arctic Monkeys ‘The Car’ review: some of the best songs of their career (Rolling Stones UK review)

Seven albums in, Arctic Monkeys are still proving to be the band of a generation

4.5 rating

By Nick Reilly, 21 October 2021

Before news of The Car fully emerged earlier this year, Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders teased that the record “picks up where the other one [2018’s Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino] left off musically.”

“I mean, it’s never gonna be like [2012 AM single] ‘R U Mine?’ and all that stuff again, you know, the heavy riffs and stuff,” he said.

True to his word, The Car is yet again a world away from the Arctic Monkeys of old. Fans longing for a return to stadium-tailored choruses and catchy riffs after the cosmic lounge rock of TBHC need look away now. We’re even deeper down that rabbit hole and a million miles away from greaser-era Alex Turner, when his leather jacket and slicked back quiff allowed the band to truly catch transatlantic attention for the first time.

For the rest of us though, it’s a record that builds on the sonic palette of their last album, while making things more grander, colourful and cinematic. The result is some of the greatest songs of their career. Recent single ‘There’d Better Be a Mirrorball’ is a gorgeous heartbreak tale, with Turner’s croon telling of a “heavy heart” while gorgeous strings amplify the tune.

Elsewhere, ‘Sculptures of Anything Goes’ sees the band experimenting with drum machines and Moog synthesisers to conjure an imposing beat that isn’t entirely dissimilar to that which memorably ran through ‘Do I Wanna Know’. It’s nearly proof that the DNA of the band remains the same, no matter what the naysayers might think.

In fact, The Car actually allows TBHC to make more sense some four years after its release. Turner addresses the divisive reaction to that record as he talks of a “horrible new sound” on ‘Sculptures of Anything Goes’, but their determination to plough on with lounge-pop led sounds for a second album makes you think that this is the place where they always needed to be. TBHC, an undeniable curveball, was clearly no flash in the plan.

One resounding criticism of TBHC, however, was that it risked neglecting the musicianship of Turner’s bandmates, Nick O’Malley, Jamie Cook and drummer Matt Helders. The Car goes far in correcting that. Tracks such as ‘Big Ideas’ boast a full-bodied orchestral sound that will leave you wondering why they haven’t received the Bond call just yet, while ‘Body Paint’ is the most cohesive and united that the group have sounded in years.

All this, and the unrivalled ability of Turner’s songwriting to acutely fit a song’s mood. He speaks of how his “teeth are beating and my knees are weak” on the epic romanticism of ‘Body Paint’, while a reference to “the Business they call Show” on ‘Hello You’ seems to be Turner cynically turning the camera on his own life. There is also a late Beatles-esque journey into the surreal on stunning strings-led closer ‘Perfect Sense’ (“Richard of York: The Executive Branch Having some fun with the warm-up act...”).

It all makes for one of their most accomplished and impressive records so far. They may no longer be the same wiry teenage upstarts who emerged from High Green, Sheffield, but why would they be? Seven albums into their career, here is a band comfortable enough to speed off in that titular car, leaving old sounds in the dust as they pursue something new. When the results are as good as this, who can blame them?

#arctic monkeys #review #rolling stone magazine #the car

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