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...That’s What I’m Not” has yet to become old, the young Arctic Monkeys have, with “Favourite Worst Nightmare,” done it again. They’ve released another phenomenally listenable album of pounding guitars and even harder (read: more scathing) lyrics. Once again, lead singer and guitarist Alex Turner and the other Monkeys from Sheffield, England, give us a delicious taste of blue-collar anger. This time around, the guitars might be a little louder and the sound a bit fuller, but the disc stays true...
...title track—leads off, setting the general tone for the rest of the album. His lyrics strike a pessimistic and rather morose tone, reflecting on the apparent lack of control that we hold over our own lives. Mixing shuddering atonality with soft strains of guitar and understated vocals, Tamborello emphasizes his control over even the most minute qualities of the track. On other tracks, Tamborelllo rolls out the red carpet for guests. “Roll On” features the song-writing ability and soft vocals of Rilo Kiley’s Jenny Lewis. On that track...
...There was something about the piano that just wanted us to play it,” recalls Rice. “So we brought it to the practice space. I would play the piano and Christian was playing the drums with his feet and then he would play the guitar.”“We ended up coming up with songs that were new and different from anything we’d made before,” he continues. “It ended up being...
Highlights are sparse. The first minute or so of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is fine. There’s a nice little mandolin-based acoustic arrangement of the tune, and it plays upon that perfect two-note guitar twang from the core of the original...
...thing about Goel is his chest hair, “the sweater that God won’t let me take off.” Sounds sweaty. A man with a plan, Goel can’t wait until next year when he will “play bass guitar and sing backup in a Def Leppard cover band while living in a van down by the river...