release date: Sep. 9, 2013
format: cd
[album rate: 4 / 5] [4,21]
producer: James Ford, Ross Orton
label: Domino Records - nationality: England, UK
Track highlights: 1. "Do I Wanna Know?" - 2. "R U Mine?" (4 / 5) - 3. "One for the Road" - 4. "Arabella" - 6. "No. 1 Party Anthem" (4,5 / 5) - 7. "Mad Sounds" - 8. "Fireside" - 9. "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" (acoustic) - 12. "I Wanna Be Yours" (4 / 5)
5th studio album by Arctic Monkeys is in my mind, the band's best album since the debut Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006), thus making it their second best effort so far. It's still pretty new to me, but I've already played it more than the predecessor Suck It and See (2011) and Humbug (2009), the latter being their lowest point. It's not a return to the sound of the debut but a fine work showing what an excellent songwriter, Alex Turner is. Just before the band's last album (2011), Alex released the solo album (or ep), the soundtrack Submarine (2011) with much more quiet music and a distinct singer / songwriter profile, and that new style shines through on this one. The album comes out as a more mature release. It contains singer / songwriter folk rock but still reeks of garage rock and alt. rock, which makes it rather complex but still pretty coherent, and then it may be heavily influenced / inspired by Reed, Bowie, and Lennon / The Fab Four, but without plagiarism.
2013 Favourite releases: 1. Arctic Monkeys AM - 2. Tindersticks Across Six Leap Years - 3. De Efterladte Alvorsord og etagevask
