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The Sheffield England blokes that make up the Arctic Monkeys have a new album, Favourite Worst Nightmare, and there is a little bit for everyone. Alex Turner writes lyrics that possibly steamroll through the emotions of relationships in a complicated city life. His vocals are fluid and changing for each song. They move with the pace of the music: gentle in “Only Ones Who Know” and jolting for the urgent “The Bad Thing”.
For those looking for something a bit heavier, they may enjoy the sound and lyrics of “This House is a Circus”. Turner shouts: “This house is a circus, berserk as fuck / We tend to see that as a perk though. Look / What it's done to your friends their memories are pretend / And the last thing they want is for the feeling to end”
The guitar riffs on this album sometimes give way to a White Stripes influence on tracks such as “If You Were There Beware” and even the hard rock mastery of Led Zeppelin can be heard in the opening sound on “Brainstorm”. Favourite Worst Nightmare features a palate of sound that enriches youthful lyrics bringing a certain sonic wisdom to common twenty something thoughts on relationships. PR
Rating: “Buy On Sale” – Like it, but don’t love it
