Alex Turner’s vocal delivery has slowed down a bit, and coupled with the band’s laidback grooves and loungey, piano-centric arrangements, tracks like “American Sports,” “One Point Perspective” and “Batphone” hint at some of Pulp’s finer moments (or maybe we can finally hear how similar Turner’s sleazy Sheffield accent is to Jarvis’). Truthfully, the band feel that TBH+C is best experienced in its entirety (as it’s a bit of a sonic departure from AM) and we couldn’t agree more: the concept of the Arctic Monkeys as in-house jazz band for a hotel on the moon isn’t easy to digest in 3 minutes. The album was rolled out with minimal promotion and no lead single to speak of (our distributor even specifically asked us not to post any pictures of the vinyl prematurely for fear of some of the lyrics getting out). Recommended tracks include: 'Four Out of Five,' 'Star Treatment,' 'One Point Perspective' and 'Golden Trunks.Hotly-anticipated concept album from Sheffield indie rockers the Arctic Monkeys! Fans have never had to wait more than 24 months for a new Arctic Monkeys record, but following the smash success of 2013’s AM, they’ve had to wait more than double that amount of time, and Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino was worth it and then some. If a band isn't playing with their style and sonic palette, where are they really going anyway? At this point in their career, why not shake things up and explore a new direction? Arctic Monkeys have delivered an album that, in my hope, can be listened to for what it is, not a comparison to past work. They are bonafide music stars with a large fan base. This is the sixth album from Arctic Monkeys.

This is the kind of record that could be called divisive among fans and critics, but the overall impression I've had from reading reviews is that it's been positively received, for the most part.

Get ready for things to get spacey, loungey, and perhaps a little glam at times with themes of science fiction. Turner and the rest of the band clearly explored some new sonic places in the making of 'Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino'.

Fans expecting another guitar-riff driven, hooky collection of songs, were quite surprised.

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